Women at CeMESS

What I love about science is that it keeps me curious and creative. It’s a constant reminder of how exciting it is to explore and discover, just like when I was a kid.

The fascination with science for me is, and has always been, trying to get little pieces of information together like a puzzle.

The best and worst thing about science? You can never know everything. There’s always more to discover.

Science is my dream job, every day I get to work with like-minded people on questions that we don't yet know the answer to.

I changed my career path to pursue engineering. My interests include ‘trash, dirty water and poison’ and combining engineering with environmental and public health perspectives.

I am a data scientist and I enjoy the challenge of extracting the information of interest by asking the right questions. It's a puzzle waiting to be solved.

When you sample in the wild, you not only collect data, you uncover surprises! Embrace the mess.

What fascinates me most about science is uncovering the unseen. As a marine microbiologist I get to explore the invisible forces shaping our planet while working in the middle of the open ocean. I can't imagine a better job than this!

Viruses are often our lifelong companions, for better or worse. As a scientist, I'm exploring the hidden patterns of where they appear, and why, to understand how they shape our health.

Uncovering the causes behind complex phenomena through experiment and reasoning is thrilling enough in itself. What excites me even more is that, behind each cause lies another, allowing for infinite questioning and endless exploration.

I was told my aspirations were too high; that this path was not for me. But at the shore, the waves echoed my persistence. To every girl who dreams big: let the tide carry you – never settle.

I love my job as a scientist – I do something different every day, meet many new people, and explore our incredible natural world.

From whales to clams, I explore how marine organisms reflect the health of our oceans. Using omics tools, I track how microbes influence their hosts across environments. Ecology, to me, is decoding life's hidden messages, one molecule at a time.

I study the human microbiome because I literally followed my gut feeling! I believe microbes can help save the world, and I'm excited to find ways to put them to work tackling global challenges.

Science is about finding out how nature works, which is deeply enriching and fascinating. Sometimes we discover something new, and it feels like going where no one was before.

As a marine microbiologist unravelling the mysteries of the ocean means unravelling the mysteries of life. Nothing is more rewarding than spending weeks at sea looking into the vast blue every day and studying what makes and keeps a planet habitable.

I study the evolutionary arms race between bacteria and viruses. By uncovering how bacterial immunity and phage counterattacks evolve, I identify new strategies that can be used for future phage-based therapies.

I’m in science because I’m curious to understand the world around me. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle that I’m putting together one observation at a time.

My passion for science is driven by curiosity — how do microbes make a living, how do they survive in their environment? It is so much fun to find answers to these questions together my great team of enthusiastic scientists.