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June 2019: A scientist wears many hats: communicator, technician, advocate, theoretician, practitioner, teacher, student, mentor, mentee.
It's one of the challenging parts of being a researcher, but also one of the best. It means it's never boring* and you can exercise your creativity. This job suits someone with multiple aspects to their personality.
This was something I tried to convey in my recent public talk at Soapbox Science Ireland. Speaking to the general public on a Dublin city street, I spoke about the influence of climate change on fire frequency and what this means for plant evolution.
It was a great opportunity to link what I do in the lab to the growing global environmental movement; acknowledging the important role that the general public can play in protecting nature.
It's one of the challenging parts of being a researcher, but also one of the best. It means it's never boring* and you can exercise your creativity. This job suits someone with multiple aspects to their personality.
This was something I tried to convey in my recent public talk at Soapbox Science Ireland. Speaking to the general public on a Dublin city street, I spoke about the influence of climate change on fire frequency and what this means for plant evolution.
It was a great opportunity to link what I do in the lab to the growing global environmental movement; acknowledging the important role that the general public can play in protecting nature.
* a wise scientist once told me that if you're not bored yet, you don't have enough data.