Inspiring lives – Page 7
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A career in careers
Finding a job took an unexpected turn when Victoria Walker discovered a talent for getting jobs for others. Helen Carmichael reports
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The pain killer
Life is pretty painless working in Reckitt Benckiser’s Nurofen team, Sarah Houlton learns
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The plastics surgeon
Sarah Houlton takes a ‘Peek’ at the career of polymer chemist Alice Matthews
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Ice cream inspiration
Cesar Vega has united his love of food and science in his career at Mars. But he is also on a mission to teach the science of cooking, as he tells Emma Davies
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Different strokes
Carlos Gutierrez tells Yfke Hager why he’s devoted to supporting minorities entering science
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Building batteries that breathe
Long before energy storage materials were in vogue, Peter Bruce saw their potential, as Emma Davies finds out
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Going with the flow chemistry
Elizabeth Farrant climbed to the top in big pharma, but now she’s working at a smaller scale, as Sarah Houlton finds out
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Reality microscopy
Pratibha Gai talks to James Mitchell Crow about her life’s work, watching the secret life of atoms
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Starting out in academia
Serena Corr talks to Manisha Lalloo about her life as a young academic
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Chemdoodler draws on chemistry
Kevin Theisen’s software is used by scientists all over the world. Sarah Houlton learns why he moved from the chemistry programme to chemistry programmer
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Toxicologist with pesticides on the brain
Vanessa Fitsanakis’ career in toxicology goes all the way back to the farm where she grew up. Helen Carmichael traces her journey from agriculture to academia
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Cleaning up
From washing clothes to saving lives, the products of Phil Souter’s watery work can be found across the globe, as Helen Carmichael finds out
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You're hired
Alan Sugar’s latest apprentice is setting up a recruitment agency specialising in sectors that make a difference. Emma Davies finds out more
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Of castes and chemistry
From southern India to Northern Ireland, Geetha Srinivasan has been applying her research to solving real world problems, as Sarah Houlton finds out
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Allow me to demonstrate
As Peter Wothers gets ready to deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures, Sarah Houlton finds out he’s had a lifetime of preparation
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Pied Piper of chemistry
Andrea Sella is blowing the trumpet for chemistry, charming children and adults alike, as Nina Notman finds out
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Tastefully done
Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow
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What'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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Fuelling the chemistry revival
Alan Darragh left industry behind to inspire others to study science, and now he’s helping to restart a long-lost chemistry department he tells Emma Davies
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On your marks, get set, go
Damian Bailey runs Nina Notman through the highs and lows of his career as an academic studying oxygen transport in the body