• Question: how long did it take for you to realise that you wanted to be a scientist. what age were you

    Asked by lucyloo to Duane, Theresia, Andy, Giovanna, Katie on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 522bdya29, Sholdenxoxo, 228bdya28.
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      Duane Mellor answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I think I was about 11 or 12 my chemistry teacher was making things go bang and I was reading about what the chemicals were in food

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      Theresia Mina answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Hello!

      It took me a year between 2009- 2010. My mentor almost made me cried as he was seriously questioning my motivation with “DO YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO THIS? This is not glamorous job you know.” but I know he meant well. Then I went to Switzerland for an intern ship and I hiked the mountain there and I was having the A-Ha moment, so yeah I want to be a scientist!

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      Andrew Philp answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Quite late actually, mid way through university so i was 20. I went to university with an interest in sport and exercise but didn’t expect to be a scientist. I volunteered to be a subject in some studies that staff and students were running and gradually learnt more about the research process and what a PhD was and involved. I really liked the practical side to exercise physiology and basically testing the things that i had always been interested in (i.e. how and why we respond to exercise). So that made me do a PhD and things have just evolved from there 🙂

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