Fiona Scott

PhD student, University of Sussex

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Stay curious.

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WHAT DO YOU DO?

I make molecules in a chemistry lab that might lead to new and better medicines one day.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS FIELD?

I wanted to help make people better, particularly cancer patients.

WHAT DO YOU LOOK AT & THINK, "I WISH YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS POSSIBLE?"

I just defended my PhD!

WHY DO YOU LOVE WORKING IN STEM?

I love that I get to work to solve the world’s problems and discover new things.

BEST ADVICE FOR NEXT GENERATION?

Stay curious. Find out what flavour of science excites you the most.