Question: When did you decide you wanted to be a scientist?

Daisy Shearer answered on 27 Mar 2022: last edited 27 Mar 2022 12:38 pm

I always really liked sciences and arts equally at school but I decided I wanted to study physics at uni when I was around 15 and realised that physics underpins chemistry and lets me delve into the fundamental workings of the universe. During my degree, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do afterwards until I did my research placement where I was designing and testing lasers for telecommunications (making the internet faster!). During this placement, I fell in love with quantum technology research and decided I wanted to be a scientist so I applied to do a PhD after my degree with the support of some of my colleagues who encouraged me. I was around 20 when I decided to become a scientist.