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Reality microscopy

30 May 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Pratibha Gai talks to James Mitchell Crow about her life’s work, watching the secret life of atoms

Starting out in academia

10 April 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Serena Corr talks to Manisha Lalloo about her life as a young academic

Chemdoodler draws on chemistry

6 March 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Kevin Theisen’s software is used by scientists all over the world. Sarah Houlton learns why he moved from the chemistry programme to chemistry programmer

Toxicologist with pesticides on the brain

13 February 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Vanessa Fitsanakis’ career in toxicology goes all the way back to the farm where she grew up. Helen Carmichael traces her journey from agriculture to academia

Cleaning up

18 January 2013 Jobs Profile (Personal)

From washing clothes to saving lives, the products of Phil Souter’s watery work can be found across the globe, as Helen Carmichael finds out

Of castes and chemistry

12 December 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

From southern India to Northern Ireland, Geetha Srinivasan has been applying her research to solving real world problems, as Sarah Houlton finds out

Allow me to demonstrate

5 December 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

As Peter Wothers gets ready to deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures, Sarah Houlton finds out he’s had a lifetime of preparation

Pied Piper of chemistry

23 October 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Andrea Sella is blowing the trumpet for chemistry, charming children and adults alike, as Nina Notman finds out

Tastefully done

12 September 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Russell Keast’s early years as a chef gave him an appetite for science that took him out of the kitchen and into the lab, he tells James Mitchell Crow

What's law got to do with it?

14 August 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive

Fuelling the chemistry revival

25 July 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Alan Darragh left industry behind to inspire others to study science, and now he’s helping to restart a long-lost chemistry department he tells Emma Davies

On your marks, get set, go

2 July 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Damian Bailey runs Nina Notman through the highs and lows of his career as an academic studying oxygen transport in the body

The profits of poison

1 June 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Glenn King tells James Mitchell Crow that when it comes to spider venom he just can’t get enough

Mixing business with chemistry

30 April 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Hayley Birch finds out why investing in graduate development is so essential to Afton Chemical's success

A gap in the market

27 April 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

With a little luck and a lot of hard work, young entrepreneurs can turn ideas into careers. Emma Davies meets some graduates who are setting out and starting up

Views from a tall poppy

31 March 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Craig Priest tells Yfke Hager that stumbling into chemistry and tripping round the globe have given him a passion for science that he's eager to share

To ECHA his own

1 March 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

The EU's Reach regulation involves a huge data gathering operation - Kaihsu Tai is working right at its heart

Profile: To ECHA his own

24 February 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

The EU's Reach regulation involves a huge data gathering operation and Kaihsu Tai is working right at its heart. Manisha Lalloo finds out how he got there

Profile: The drugs detective

27 January 2012 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Rian Charles tells Hayley Birch that getting a job as a forensic scientist takes conviction

Profile: Atomospheric research

28 July 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Ally Lewis could probably take apart a gas chromatograph with his eyes closed in the jungle or on a glacier, writes Emma Davies

Profile: Polymer chemist delivers the goods

30 June 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

A career in drug delivery finds polymer chemist Jeff Hrkach working with chemists, biologists, engineers and, ultimately, investors, writes Sarah Houlton

Profile: Chemists on a contract

31 May 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Emma Blaney joins a growing number of chemists leaving big pharma for careers in contract research organisations (CROs), reports Sarah Houlton

Profile: Career development of a development chemist

28 April 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Daniel Bayston enjoys a varied career in pre-clinical drug development, writes Bea Perks

Profile: The biofuel bug

30 March 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

James Liao was one of the first to mix biology and engineering and he continues to break new ground in his quest for cleaner, greener biofuels, as Yfke Hager finds out

Profile: Diversity, variety and collaboration

24 February 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Typecasting has never been a problem for Sally Gras, whose interests have ranged from fluid mechanics and protein misfolding to cheese making, discovers James Mitchell Crow

Profile: Consider the evidence

31 January 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Forensic analyst Raychelle Burk explains that real-life forensic scientists have rather more paperwork on TV. Bea Perks is relieved to find they don't carry guns, either

Profile: Teach the teachers

5 January 2011 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Teaching is in Jane Essex's blood. After years teaching in schools, she is now inspiring the next generation of chemistry teachers - and loving it, as she tells Emma Davies

Profile: Keep your options open

28 October 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Justin Gooding balances his own drive to succeed with the desire to nurture his team, while working to develop new and better biosensors, writes Karen Harries-Rees

Profile: Sustainable chemist

27 August 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Matthew Davidson, professor of sustainable chemical technologies, talks to Sarah Houlton about the University of Bath's new Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies

Profile: Nurturing industrial collaboration

30 July 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Organic chemist Joe Sweeney is developing a collaborative network with industry that looks set to provide a new model for knowledge and innovation exchange, says Sarah Houlton

Profile: Transatlantic chemist

25 June 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

British chemist Steve Woodhead's career in fragment-based drug discovery has taken him on a fast-paced 6000 mile trip from the UK to the US, reports Yfke Hager

Profile: The chemistry of biological systems

27 May 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

From work on cancer vaccines to the hunt for TB drugs, Richard Payne's life as a medicinal chemist is far from dull, reports Yfke Hager

Profile: A bright career

28 April 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Stephen Batchelor really can help you achieve a 'whiter wash'. With over 70 patents, he is one of Unilever's top inventors. Manisha Lalloo discovers what inspires him

Profile: A different plane

26 February 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Glenn Micalizio intended to follow a pharma career but was drawn into academia - with great results, reports Yfke Hager

Profile: Chemistry in a canoe

28 January 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Vancouver-based chemist Jennifer Love spends her free time kayaking, which helps open her mind to new research ideas, writes Karen Harries-Rees

Profile: Bridging the gap

6 January 2010 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Entrepreneurial drive led Christopher Pike to success in the world of intellectual property. Helen Carmichael reports

Profile: The perfect process

26 November 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Nicola Razzell left a career in banking to work for the pharmaceutical industry and has never looked back, as she tells Helen Carmichael

Profile: Hair today

28 October 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Combining know-how from different businesses helped Procter & Gamble win the 2009 RSC Teamwork in innovation award for the development of hair dye product, Perfect 10

Profile: Fabulous food

1 October 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Denise Smith heads the food science department at Ohio State University, US. She is thrilled by the large numbers of students switching to food science, as she tells Yfke Hager

Profile: Science in Sydney

25 August 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

A PhD with chemical biologist Jack Baldwin launched Peter Rutledge into antibiotics research. His enthusiasm has taken him far, writes Karen Harries-Rees

Profile: Life, but not as we know it

28 July 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

In Second Life real people live in a virtual world. Joanna Scott has a actual job there, organising scientific events within the online environment, reports Sarah Houlton

Profile: Criminal chemistry

29 June 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Helen Bandey faced choosing between a scientific career and the police force. But then she found the perfect job as a scientist at the Home Office, as she tells Yfke Hager

Profile: Speaking of science

29 May 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

In just a few short years Karen Bultitude has switched from scientific research to become a sought-after science communicator, writes Helen Carmichael

Profile: Commercial catalysts

28 April 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Ian Archer has his dream career as a process chemist. As head of process chemistry at Ingenza, he is now getting involved in technology transfer, as he tells Sarah Houlton

Profile: Chemical crusader

30 March 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

Michael Braungart - an environmentalist, chemist, and businessman - is determined to use science to remove waste from industry, as Ned Stafford finds out

Profile: Tomorrow's careers

23 February 2009 Jobs Profile (Personal)

A wealth of skills took Kate Bellingham from a first degree in physics, to careers as a computer programmer, TV presenter, maths teacher, and finally a national champion for careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem), writes Sarah Houlton

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