why did you want to be an astrochemist? – I'm a Scientist 2024/25

Question: why did you want to be an astrochemist?
- Keywords:
  astrochemist,
  career,
  science
Asked by murr520wary to Martin M on 4 Dec 2024.
- Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Dec 2024:
  
  I read an interesting article in a journal by a scientist who I later collaborated with. That identified a number of astrochemical problems and I thought “I could help solve those” !

Question: why did you want to be an astrochemist?