hands up if you're a scientist

[Use Psychology]

I know we have many interested and very knowledgeable members here, but just out curiosity, I wondered if in amongst all of the IT bods, accountants and lawyers, there are any scientists with PH membership? Please feel free to introduce yourself... my name is mike and i'm a chemist.

[otolith]

Qualified, but unless you count working as a research assistant between graduation and PhD, never practised. I got a job in IT development while I wrote up my thesis, and by the time I was finished I had a good, well paid job I liked and a mortgage. I was an aquatic biologist, PhD was in an obscure bit of fish ecophysiology.

Sometimes I think of scientists who work on coral reefs for a living. Other times I think of scientists who work on Midlands canals for a living...

[DoctorX]

DoctorX BSc MSc PhD chemistry, biochemistry

[RB Will]

I work in Pharmaceutical QA (if that counts) with interests in many other areas

[hairykrishna]

I'm a physicist - medical physics specifically (i.e. radiotherapy). I spend most of my time playing with a neutron producing particle accelerator.

[STW2010]

Yep. A chemist working in the energy/environment field at a university. I rarely get to do any experimental work now, as am mostly supervising or teaching students

[rovermorris999]

I used to be. Physics/chemistry degree and I worked in the military nuclear industry for a few years. I've forgotton most of it these days but retain an interest in anything scientific.

[XJSsometimeSoon]

I am a PhD student currently in the last couple of months of writing my thesis. I am looking at the evolution of some groups of fossil plants by making 3D computer models of them and comparing fossil and living specimen morphology.
Before I went back to Uni I had a stint in the real.world which I didn't like much. I was a GCMS analyst.

[nammynake]

PhD in Astrophysics (massive star formation), but not working in science now.

[TheEnd]

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

[Tokar]

PhD molecular biology, looked at lantibiotics (peptide antibiotics), currently a KTP associate (business type placement)looking at the biology of drains!

[XJSsometimeSoon]

TheEnd said:

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

Small world, I did my degree at Birmingham and doing my PhD there too.

[hairykrishna]

XJSsometimeSoon said:

TheEnd said:

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

Small world, I did my degree at Birmingham and doing my PhD there too.

I'm at Birmingham too. My OH also got her geology degree here!

[rhinochopig]

hairykrishna said:

XJSsometimeSoon said:

TheEnd said:

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

Small world, I did my degree at Birmingham and doing my PhD there too.

I'm at Birmingham too. My OH also got her geology degree here!

MSc.(Eng) at Brum too - 97 (I think) :wave:

Off topic, how long has there been a Science section? I have completely missed this one.

[madbadger]

12 years in R,D & T since graduation.

May not fit everyones idea of a scientist, though.

[Gazzas86]

Trainee gynecologist.....oh wait.....thats not a scientist is it????

[rhinochopig]

Gazzas86 said:

Trainee gynecologist.....oh wait.....thats not a scientist is it????

Sex-Pest in hiding isn't it?

[XJSsometimeSoon]

rhinochopig said:

hairykrishna said:

XJSsometimeSoon said:

TheEnd said:

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

Small world, I did my degree at Birmingham and doing my PhD there too.

I'm at Birmingham too. My OH also got her geology degree here!

MSc.(Eng) at Brum too - 97 (I think) :wave:

Off topic, how long has there been a Science section? I have completely missed this one.

I did my BSc from 2001-2004 and came back in 2007, about to finish again soon with the possibility of a post doc here. I really should go somewhere else !!!

[Mrs BlueCerbera]

BSc in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Imperial but didn't do anything with it, moved into IT unfortunately. Now I have three boys I *really* wish I'd done some more Chemistry because I'm only just realising how cool it is.

[TheEnd]

XJSsometimeSoon said:

rhinochopig said:

hairykrishna said:

XJSsometimeSoon said:

TheEnd said:

BSc in Geology from Birmingham, but I haven't done much with it apart from spend more time than normal looking for fossils.

Small world, I did my degree at Birmingham and doing my PhD there too.

I'm at Birmingham too. My OH also got her geology degree here!

MSc.(Eng) at Brum too - 97 (I think) :wave:

Off topic, how long has there been a Science section? I have completely missed this one.

I did my BSc from 2001-2004 and came back in 2007, about to finish again soon with the possibility of a post doc here. I really should go somewhere else !!!

I graduated in 99, it was a lot of fun, loads of field trips!