• Question: what do you do for a living

    Asked by anon-361007 on 24 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Lucien Heurtier

      Lucien Heurtier answered on 24 Mar 2023:

      I am a full time researcher in cosmology and particle physics. That means I solve equations to understand what is dark matter, how it was produced in the Universe, how we could find it with experiments, and how the Universe evolved with dark matter in it since the big bang.

    • Photo: Joshua Bibby

      Joshua Bibby answered on 24 Mar 2023:

      I am a PhD student in condensed matter physics (materials). I grow thin layers of materials and study their structure as well as their electronic and magnetic properties using a wide range of techniques. I get to spend a lot of time in the lab which I really enjoy and hopefully can get a job doing something similar once I’m done studying at university.

    • Photo: Vicky Fawcett

      Vicky Fawcett answered on 24 Mar 2023:

      I am a researcher in astronomy. So I use data from telescopes to test theories and idea I have about the universe, and use coding to make graphs to test this theory.
      If I find a cool result, I write a paper about it to tell other scientists.

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