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Asked by anon-256420 on 4 Jun 2020.
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Katherine Haxton answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Great question! I worked in Vancouver, Canada for three years which was really interesting and I’ve attended conferences in America, Germany and France.
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Carin Seechurn answered on 4 Jun 2020:
My job is mainly lab-based; if you are in a Commercial or Business Development role you get to travel a lot more. I have been to some exciting places for chemistry conferences, though. I particularly enjoyed trips to Antigua and Mexico, Yucatan.
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Enrica Ippoliti answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Several!
But I’d say Yemen, Iran, Inner Mongolia and the bayou around New Orleans.
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Tom Backhouse answered on 4 Jun 2020:
As a chemist I am lab-based. I am in a research role so I usually stay in my own lab. Having said that, often I would require analysis from external labs and so I often visit these labs to get a feel for the work that they are helping me with and advise – this could be anywhere!
Although the business and commercial team travel the world, most research chemists travel for conferences. My favourite conference was held in Florence (Italy).
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Daniel Jones answered on 4 Jun 2020:
I’m based in the lab at my company, so I don’t get to travel much. During my PhD though I got to go to Valencia and Brussels to present my work, which was great fun! I almost got the chance to go to Japan and do it there too, but eventually it was decided there wasn’t enough funding for me to go so they sent one of the professors with my presentation instead! If you go down a research route, there will often be opportunities to present and see work in some lovely places.
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Ronan Bellabarba answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Probably Beijing, Shanghai and some of inland China. India (New Delhi and Mumbai) was also memorable.
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Tiffany Chan answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Hi Emma! My job is also mainly lab-based, but I travel sometimes for conferences to speak to other people working in a similar area. I’ve been to US and Switzerland 🙂
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Jonny Furze answered on 4 Jun 2020:
I was lucky enough to work in some rural areas of South West Australia in what they call Bush land. Kangaroos hoping about everywhere, huge scary-looking insects and even an emu!
You can travel a lot with science, some research has to be done in very remote locations if you’re into a bit of adventure. Where abouts would you go if you could?
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Hamish Cavaye answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Hey Emma.
Two answers spring to mind here. The first is technically not from “my job” but it was part of my study so I think it still counts. I chose to go abroad to do my PhD – I moved from England to Brisbane, Australia and lived there for 4 years while I studied. It was a really valuable experience, immersing yourself in a different culture and landscape and making a whole heap of new friends and professional contacts.
The other thing that comes to mind is actually not a long-distance travelled, but it was interesting still. When I worked in research and development of pyrotechnics and special effects I sometimes got backstage passes to the gigs that we had made products for. I was able to go backstage at the O2 in London to see The Killers and Guns N Roses 🙂
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Spyridon Varlas answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Hi Emma! During my PhD studies I was lucky enough to visit many countries across the world for conferences to present my work and network with other scientists. The most interesting places though were the US (Boston) and Spain (Barcelona and San Sebastian)!
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Eleanor Barber answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Lots of PhD students get to travel abroad to present their work at conferences – some places my colleagues have traveled include Japan, Prague, and New York. Sadly I haven’t been anywhere so exciting! As part of my undergrad degree I got to study for 7 months in Germany, but in my current position the most exciting place I have been is the Diamond Light Source, near Oxford… Very interesting because of the science that takes place there, but not so interesting as a travel destination!
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Ekaterina Novakova answered on 4 Jun 2020:
I loved Shanghai, it is such a different culture and strange mixture of old and new so really challenged my perceptions of “normal” life. Highly recommend if you can go
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Zoe Ingold answered on 4 Jun 2020:
I’ve only just started my PhD so I haven’t done much work related travel yet but in sixth form I was lucky enough to go on a biology field trip to Indonesia.
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Fred Mosselmans answered on 4 Jun 2020:
Hi Emma, i have been to Shanghai to visit another X-ray facility there and give them advice, that was interestign , though i was only there for three days. Also i have been to work in a facility in San Francisco, and conferences in Japan, and some nice places in Europe and Sacramento, which is not an interesting place in my view
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anon answered on 4 Jun 2020: last edited 4 Jun 2020 7:53 pm
Great question Emma! In some jobs you may need to travel for work, and if you like traveling, this is a real attractive point 🙂 !
In my actual job as scientist in a company I don´t get to travel that much. During my PhD and postdoc at University I atended conferences in Germany and Spain to present my work. -
Radha Boya answered on 4 Jun 2020:
During my PhD (in India), i went on project collaboration to Pisa (yes, thats where leaning tower of pisa is), Italy. I was living in a university dorm. And this huge Pisa tower is not visible from far. But it was literally only 5 min walk. Entering that particular street of Pisa tower, massive leaning tower is seen..This was my first trip abroad, and i thoroughly enjoyed spending my weekends in the city and weedays in lab. I also went to Paris in that visit and it was amazing experience too..In the later part of the career, i have travelled to many more place both on collaborative work, and to give talks in conferences.
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Heather Walton answered on 5 Jun 2020:
I moved to Liverpool for a year during my time at University to do an industrial placement, which was great, I got to know another whole city. But the most interesting place I’ve been just to visit was the University of Nottingham for a women in chemistry conference.
I’m just starting my career so have my fingers crossed for lots of exciting travel prospects in the future! -
Maria Yanez Lopez answered on 5 Jun 2020:
Hi Emma! I got to know a whole other country (UK!), where I am still based years later and now feels like a second home, but in terms of exotic places, probably the most exciting experience was being able to visit Hawaii to present in a conference there, definitely my favorite so far!
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Fiona Scott answered on 5 Jun 2020:
I worked in Basel (Switzerland) for a year and have been to meetings/conferences in Ghent (Belgium), Athens (Greece), Oxford, Cambridge, London, Windelsham and Glasgow (UK).
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Kat Hunter answered on 8 Jun 2020:
I have been lucky to travel to many countries in my job (and I am lab based). I have been to China, Spain, Switzerland, Boston as well as many places around the UK.
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Chris Holdsworth answered on 8 Jun 2020:
For me it was probably the Fukushima prefecture in Japan. I visited the region in late 2017 as part of an international student ambassador programme set up in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant partial melt down. I got to visit the power plant itself as well as many disaster sites, towns in the exclusion zone, local businesses, decontamination sites and future olympic venues. My background in geology and natural disaster study provided me with the skills that appealed to those who selected participants for the programme.
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Andrew Stonor answered on 11 Jun 2020:
Good question! Probably Bavaria in Germany or North Macedonia (for business trips).
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David commented on :
This is a great question. I’m Australian so I am really enjoying living and working in the UK right now, but my job has allowed me to see so many unique places around the world that no one else has the opportunity to see.
The North Sea was fun, Barrow Island in Western Australia, Houston and all over Asia, I have been very fortunate and loved every minute of it.
Emma_S commented on :
Hi also-Emma. We went to South Africa quite a bit a couple of years ago. One weekend we booked a safari trip and saw a white rhino and her baby standing right in front of us. We reversed out of her way – you don’t mess with white rhinos.