All People articles – Page 46
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Careers
The first public awareness scientist in the UK
As a public awareness scientist, Samantha Tang is keen to encourage others to spread the wonders of science. Yfke Hager finds out more
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Opinion
Contaminated food: confusion in the coverage
Following the release of the WWF report Chain of contamination: the food link, John Henry and Fiona Fox comment on the study, and its coverage in the media
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Careers
The accidental traveller
After working in New Zealand, medicinal chemistry tempted Ashley Jarvis back to the UK. He now works in his dream field, as Yfke Hager discovers
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Careers
Representing post-doc concerns
The UK National Research Staff Association hopes to smooth the academic path. Katharine Sanderson reports.
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News
The right blend of skills and experience
After years of jumping between chemistry jobs, Adam Hold created his dream career by setting up his own company to provide analytical services. Yfke Hager reports
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Opinion
Making sensors sensible
Researchers must consider how sensors can be manufactured reproducibly from the outset, and not as an afterthought, argues David Walt
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Careers
Dealing with drug degradation
Cathy Brookes makes sense of pharmaceutical formulations by analysing fragments of drug degradation.Yfke Hager reports
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Careers
Solving pet food problems
A thirst for new challenges led chemist Marek Klunduk into a scientific career with the petfood division of Mars.
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Opinion
Jim Feast: making dreams reality
Jim Feast describes himself as a dreamer, but is keen to put his dreams into practice at the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Careers
When money and lives are on the line
Davina Stevenson enjoys a career where people's lives and vast sums of money are at stake, reports Yfke Hager.
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OpinionSimon Campbell: looking back
Simon Campbell reflects on the Royal Society of Chemistry's achievements during his presidency.
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Careers
From the forest to the laboratory
David Preskett tells Helen Carmichael how an early career in forestry led him quite naturally to a PhD in chemistry.
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Careers
From the lab to the sales floor
Heather Sutherland-Paul started as an analytical chemist but has carved herself a career in sales. She tells Karen Harries-Rees how she managed the switch
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Careers
A young ambassador for the chemical industry
Leanne Hart's passion for encouraging people into the chemical industry prompted her to apply to become its young ambassador. She tells Katie Gibb about her year
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Careers
A career as an analytical chemist
Anthony Crawshaw talks to Karen Harries-Rees about choosing a career as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry
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Careers
Consulting on contaminated land
An interest in environmental issues has led chemist Tom Henman into a career as a contaminated land consultant. Karen Harries-Rees reports
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FeatureLSD: cultural revolution and medical advances
Albert Hofmann has largely faded from public view but his creation has become part of our cultural fabric. David Nichols reports
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Careers
Teaching in Zambia with VSO
Sarah Hinsley talks to Karen Harries-Rees about her experiences of teaching in Zambia with VSO
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Feature
Getting the numbers right - the lonely struggle of Rydberg
Johannes Rydberg was one of the grandfathers of modern-day physics and chemistry, but persuading his peers to recognise his theories of atomic structure was not always easy. Mike Sutton delves deeper.