Q1. Who inspired you to become a scientist? APJ Abdul Kalam, a rocket scientist and President of India, was a major inspiration. His journey from modest beginnings to shaping India’s scientific future showed me what curiosity, discipline, and perseverance can achieve. His ability to blend engineering, and humility with ambition, made science feel both accessible […]

Q1. Who inspired you to become a scientist? I wasn’t inspired by a particular person. Instead, I was fascinated by molecular biology during university. The idea that tiny molecular changes can have such a huge impact on health and disease really captured my imagination. I wanted to contribute to our understanding of how diseases develop […]

Q1. Who inspired you to become a scientist? It was an organic growth, not something I was inspired by, but rather something facilitated by my mentors and supervisors during my MSc, PhD, and postdoctoral work. I studied biology because I wanted to be a teacher, then realised that I could teach students. But when I […]

Q1. Who inspired you to become a scientist? Natural curiosity instilled as a boy on walks with my Grandad and, probably Prof. Dave Rickwood who supervised my undergraduate project. Inexplicably, he let an inexperienced student, with a very poor record of lab practical attendance, use one of the first confocal microscopes in the UK. I […]

Q1. Who inspired you to become a scientist? My middle school biology teacher. He made biology and science in general feel alive, exciting, and full of mystery. I think that was the first time I realised science was not just about memorising facts, but about sometimes asking crazy questions and discovering how life works. Q2. […]