Yfke Hager
CareersCupcake chemists
Bakery beginners Ann Gardiner and Kerri Elston talk to Yfke Hager about leaving the lab to create chemistry in the kitchen
CareersThinking outside the blocks
Ellen Kooijman talks to Yfke Hager about research, rocks and building bricks
CareersMind your own business
Many dream of being their own boss, but few make the choice, and fewer succeed. Yfke Hager gets some entrepreneurial advice from those who’ve made it
CareersDifferent strokes
Carlos Gutierrez tells Yfke Hager why he’s devoted to supporting minorities entering science
CareersFormulation and function
Working between the R&D lab and the supermarket shelf, formulation chemists turn prospects into products. Yfke Hager takes a look at their work
CareersSupport from rent-a-lab
As startups flourish and outsourcing increases, Labstract is stepping in to provide space, expertise and training for the new model of R&D, as Yfke Hager learns
CareersGreen means go for careers in chemistry
Yfke Hager takes a look at the growth in green chemistry jobs and talks to the chemists whose research doesn’t cost the Earth
CareersA sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs
Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability
CareersTaking a Dip in cosmetics
Yfke Hager takes a look at a distance learning course that gets under the skin of the cosmetics industry
CareersWhat's law got to do with it?
Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive
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Your route to recruitment
Three recruitment agencies tell Yfke Hager their job hunting tips, and explain how they can lend a helping hand
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Views from a tall poppy
Craig Priest tells Yfke Hager that stumbling into chemistry and tripping round the globe have given him a passion for science that he’s eager to share
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The insider: Seeds of Change
Yfke Hager takes a look at careers in agricultural chemistry and the scientists who are working to feed the world
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Profile: The biofuel bug
James Liao was one of the first to mix biology and engineering and he continues to break new ground in his quest for cleaner, greener biofuels, as Yfke Hager finds out
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The insider: Not just a pretty face
Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop
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The insider: Environmental options
Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop
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The Educated Chemist: Not all black and white
A colourful new chemistry course is preparing students for a wide range of possible careers - from cosmetics to computer graphics
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The insider: Chemical outreach
Yfke Hager discovers how outreach programmes help show students that chemistry is far more than just performing titrations
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The Educated Chemist: Life as a medicinal chemist
The AstraZeneca medicinal chemistry workshop gives PhD students an insider's view of careers in the pharmaceutical industry, discovers Yfke Hager
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Profile: Transatlantic chemist
British chemist Steve Woodhead's career in fragment-based drug discovery has taken him on a fast-paced 6000 mile trip from the UK to the US, reports Yfke Hager