• Question: How long have you been a scientist

    Asked by ryan1234 to Edd on 13 Jun 2011.
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      Edward Codling answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I’ll answer this in two ways!

      Firstly, I think I have always been a scientist in the sense that I always liked science and always asked questions and was curious about the world around me even when very young. I never lost that curiosity and kept studying what I was interested in until I ended up doing science research.

      In terms of my science career:
      1994-1996 I did A levels in science and maths
      1996-1999 I did a maths degree
      1999-2003 I did a PhD in mathematical biology (using maths to solve problems about animal movements)
      2004-2006 I worked in the Irish Marine Institute where I did research into fisheries (using maths and simulations to predict how many fish could be caught by fishermen)
      2006-2011 I have worked at the University of Essex doing my own research into animal movement and behaviour.

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