Recent Interviews and Blog Posts

Name: Kendra Chritz Current Job: Postdoctoral Fellow Scientific Discipline/Field: Paleoecology, isotope geochemistry Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B,Q Website: www.klchritz.com What does your job involve? I use geochemistry to study how environments have changed over time. I use a diverse array of biological and geological material to do this – museum collections, tree rings,… Read more

Name: Phil Pearson Current Job: Lab Manager/Research Assistant for Dr. David Steen at Auburn University Scientific Discipline/Field: Evolutionary Ecology / Conservation Biology Country: United States Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): Q/G Website: philrpearson.weebly.com Twitter: @pr_pearson What does your job involve? I am currently studying behavioral responses of checkered garter snakes (Thamnophis marcianus) to chemical cues. I am… Read more

Name: Jason P Londo Current Job: Research Geneticist with the USDA, agriculture research service, grape genetics research unit.  Also Adjunct Associate Professor at Cornell University. Scientific Discipline/Field:  Plant Biology/Plant Genetics Country: United States of America Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G What does your job involve? My research program involves working in a laboratory, in… Read more

Name: Stuart Haylock Current Job: PhD Student Scientific Discipline/Field: Chemical Biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: http://www.icb-cdt.co.uk/research/projects/engineering-multisome-delivery-machines Twitter: @StuartHaylock What does your job involve? I research protein ion channels and their activity, especially with respect to the lipid membrane in which they sit, and attempting to artificially control their activity with some… Read more

Name: Struan Bourke Current Job: PhD student Scientific Discipline/Field: Conjugated Polymer nanoparticles (PhD), but previously worked in Porton Down on assay development and cardiovascular systems. Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Struan_Bourke2 What does your job involve? So I work with small, novel particles that photoluminescence. These particles are composed of an… Read more

Name: David Wilson Current Job: Software Engineer at Loughborough University Scientific Discipline/Field: Computing/Software Engineering Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B,T, Q What does your job involve? I’m involved with business process improvement, systems administration, management information reporting, project management and coding.  Interpersonal skills are as important as technical ones in my area of… Read more