• Question: What drew you to science, and this specific area?

    Asked by gyve532teas76 to Ruth A, Rachel E, Precious O, Mehul J, Adam C on 9 Jan 2026.
    • Photo: Rachel Edwards

      Rachel Edwards answered on 9 Jan 2026:

      I enjoyed science enough to want to study it at university. I did a physics degree, and then wasn’t done with physics, so I did a PhD, and then a load of different research jobs around the world.

      My research has changed over time. I started off looking at tiny superconductors, and then tiny magnets – and then moved to looking at huge chunks of railway tracks to try and figure out how to find faults in them. This last move was to go to an area where there was a job available, but I’ve really enjoyed it so stayed working in the same research area since then.

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  • Photo: Nazia

    Nazia commented on :

    I always found science very interesting and I enjoy finding out how things worked. Biology was my favourite science so picked Biomedical science as my degree, taught science for a while and now work as a plant scientist but I never would have guessed this is where I would end up! I thought I might teach when I was younger, or studied evolution ( I really loved dinosaurs and still do!)