Favourite Thing: My favourite thing to do in science is to learn and help others learn. Science is continuously developing with new advances every day. A scientist should not hide away in a laboratory doing the same thing every day, get out there, get involved, read, learn, talk, discuss, debate but most of all have fun!

What I do: I am a research scientist working mainly in the field analytical chemistry but I also have an interest in forensic science.

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Favourite Thing: Finding out something new, then checking it again and again and finding it really works!

What I do: I’m trying to stop bacteria from working together as a team causing infections in the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis

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Favourite Thing: Dry ice bombs are quite fun, but not to be tried at home!

What I do: I use genetic modification to make African crops resistant to pests

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Favourite Thing: Starting with a complicated system and working out a computer model of it is very satisfying. If it’s something really tricky, like a ship at sea or an underwater oil well, it takes a long time to get right. The moment you do and can start using it to tell you how the real world behaves is very exciting.

What I do: Was a research physicist and engineer in industry; now a writer and journalist with a keen interest in getting real science out to real people.

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Favourite Thing: I’m geeky – I like getting an experiment designed just right and seeing the data come out the way you hoped.

What I do: I use brain scanners to see how people understand each other

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