Steve Liddle: ‘Try and do something different to what everyone else is doing’

I liked taking the engine of my first car to bits. I’ve always been intrigued about what makes things work. In one of my first chemistry lessons, the second I saw those classic blue copper sulfate crystals, I was hooked on chemistry. Something inside of me said that there had to be much more to it, and I was lucky enough to have inspirational chemistry teachers who encouraged me to pursue the subject further.