• Question: What was your biggest achievement?

    Asked by mans520awns on 13 Nov 2024. This question was also asked by dean520phew, away520much, jack+rowann, mass520khan, buss520snag.
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      Santosh Mahabala answered on 13 Nov 2024:

      I think it is yet to come.
      But, as far as I reached, my Newton Fellowship, I may say is my biggest achievement.

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      Stephanie Foster answered on 18 Nov 2024:

      I lead a project team who were setting up 4 important clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis and Psoriasis which would be using a new drug. We had to set them up in an entirely new computer system whilst using new standards for designing the forms and all whilst trying to do it in a very short period of time. I was working with team members in the UK, US and India. It was really hard but we did it on time.

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      Richard Birch answered on 18 Feb 2025:

      I’m not a professional academic, but I have published several papers on something that simply interested me. That’s the essence of being a researcher: asking a question and finding out that there isn’t always an accepted answer available thru the internet search engine. It happens more often than you’d think.

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      Lowri Thomas answered on 19 Mar 2025:

      So far, winning an award when I graduated university for my contributions to the university and to science 🙂

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      Mimi Asogwa answered on 24 Mar 2025: last edited 24 Mar 2025 12:48

      Obtained a post graduate degree (PhD) from University of Aberdeen. This was a very challenging 5 years for me as I had 2 very young kids then. Having said that, It was very rewarding, learnt lots of microbiology stuff, supported undergraduate students during laboratory practical sessions,travelled to different places to attend conferences and seminars, developed skills including communication, critical thinking and organisational skills.

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      Erin Pallott answered on 25 Mar 2025:

      I think getting a prize for a presentation I did at a conference. Public speaking makes me SO nervous that I feel sick, so it meant a lot that I had improved that much!

Comments

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    🥒 PICKLE commented on :

    Nice

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    Diane commented on :

    I have just finished a 3 year term as the elected President of the Analytical Sciences Community (formerly Analytical Division) of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I am the 3rd female President since 1875 which is crazy, but great that things are changing. During my term I achieved so much for the community and hopefully made a difference.

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    John CC commented on :

    Within education and career, I think it’s been getting onto my PhD programme or supporting students through their final year project and seeing them develop and do so well in their dissertations. Outside of that, I ran an ultramarathon. I hope there’s more big achievements to come (finishing my PhD being the next one)