Question: do you like doing experiments

Michael Gillin answered on 23 Feb 2026:

Yes!

Being a chemist, experiments are at the heart of what I do every single day in the laboratory. From colour changes to heat changes to (controlled) explosions to making new materials and purifying existing chemicals, experiments are very fun and extremely useful.

I also do a lot of computer-based experiments, where I use special programs and applications to simulate experiments for me, so it can save me time and money. Once I like what I see on the computer, I can replicate it in the lab, and it will (hopefully) work the first time!