• Question: What Makes You Unique From All the Other Scientists?

    Asked by daniaal to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      A really tricky question! I’m probably different to the other scientists because my research is very diverse – I am a nuclear physicist, who looks at reactions important to astronomy and astrophysics, but I am also a detector scientist who needs to know lots about how equipment works, as well as a computer scientist who needs to know a lot about computer programming so I can write software to use with my detectors – it also means I have a large number of different contacts who are engineers and programmers…not just scientists!
      I’ve also got an awesome Stetson hat – I bet the other scientists don’t have one!

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Well so far I’ve learned that 2 of the scientists are PhD students, and I’m no longer a student so that makes me different.

      Also, my research is different from the others because it isn’t directly related to space – i design machines (particle accelerators) which can be used to find out more about how the Universe formed and what it was like in the very early moments after the Big Bang.

      So I design the machines that particle physicists like Brian Cox (who presents the Wonders series on BBC) use in their research to find out about the Universe. My previous research was in particle physics on the ATLAS detector at the LHC, so I guess that also makes me qualified to talk about that as well 🙂

    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Not much! We’re all in this together in a way 🙂

    • Photo: Robert Simpson

      Robert Simpson answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      It something in my DNA. Joking aside though, surely everyone is different?

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