26 Nov 2014
SCI’s Early Career network is aimed at people in the early stages of their studies or research in university and industry. It is an ideal way to learn about the experiences of others who have embarked on a career path which you may be looking to follow. The network aims to provide insight on steps for career development by providing access to scientific and business knowledge, through people sharing their varied experiences at tailored events, workshops and through case studies.
The case studies showcase our early career scientists who have drawn on experiences to provide a glimpse of what to expect from a scientific career. Read on to find out what steps they took to propel them into their respective areas of work or study, and also how SCI membership could help you build on your scientific career.
They cover a variety of scientific areas, but each one offers up information that you may find useful as you think about venturing into a scientific career, or your next steps to take if you are already working or studying in science.
The case studies are grouped according to their technical areas of interest:
Agrisciences
- Robin Blake - insect pollinators, spiders and plants
- Mark Burton - research into the function of chemical insecticides
- Agata James - industrial biotechnology, innovation, and sustainable food production
- James Logan - new and improved methods of controlling insects which cause disease
Biotechnology
- Aditi Borkar - studying the structure dynamics in RNA
- Patricia Perez Estaban - a career as a chemical engineer
- Claire Stanley - a career in chemical biology
- Maria Villegas Torres - a career in biotechnology
Colloids and Surface Chemistry
- Faye Bygrave - choosing a career in science
- Alison Paul - researching the optimised design of new surfactant or polymer molecules
- Patricia Perez Estaban - a career as a chemical engineer
- Isabella Stocker - a career in industrial research
Fine Chemicals (including Young Chemists Panel)
- Yasmin Begum - anyone can study science
- Rebekah Beevers - working with the Young Chemists Panel
- Gwydion Churchill - process chemistry in pharmaceutical development
- Alistair Farley - a career in organic chemistry
- Rebecca Farnell - women in science
- Michael Limb - research in Biochemistry
- Ekaterina Melikhova - the beauty of synthetic chemistry
- James Murray - researching the development of synthetic tools for phosphoproteome analysis
- Nicholas Race - studying chemical synthesis
- Ela Smiljanic-Hurley - using chemistry to save lives
- James Womack - research in computational chemistry
Food
- Pamela Crespo - the impact of gender on her career in food science
- Eliana Fissore - a career in food engineering
- Imtiaz Hussein - careers for all in Science
Materials Chemistry
- Sophie Beckett - a career as a research chemist
- Simon Beaumont - love of chemistry rooted in garden experiments
- Sen Lin - building a career in materials chemistry
- Lisa Murphy - research in materials chemistry
Separation Science & Technology
- Sharon Williams - a career in science is more than just lab work
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