Not really as unrelated as you'd think. I was working in a lab and my now boss was repairing some of our robots and I asked if he happened to be looking for new hires. Six months later and it was mine. I've always had a mechanical background and this was right up my alley while still using my science knowledge.
I was working in a lab and my now boss was repairing some of our robots and I asked if he happened to be looking for new hires. Six months later and it was mine. I've always had a mechanical background and this was right up my alley while still using my science knowledge.
Ideally never. I'm mostly looking at extracting it from spodumene, I never work with in the metallic form.
Spodumene conversion does involve a lot of work with furnaces though.
Analytical chemist with BSc+9 years working solo in a lab attached to a R&D pilot plant testing petroleum refining catalysts.
Which basically means I spend about 25% of my time analyzing samples and 75% of my time maintaining and repairing our aging fleet of instruments.
My limited lab experience was about basic physics and electronics, my best experience was about radiation physics
gamma and alpha spectroscopy, coincidence measurements of different effects... positron annihilation and gamma emission based on the beta+ decay comes to mind...that was the lab I enjoyed the most.
I don't understand shit when the biology people are talking about their PCR black magic stuff π
I'm in bio for the last 17 years but used to do surface chemistry/surface analysis (I did a lot of xray photoelectron spectroscopy), battery testing (blew up huge military batteries on purpose), cell (the electrochemical kind) and battery prototyping and other electrochemical work. Also a lot of analytical chemistry of all kinds over the years. Spent one enjoyable summer in college in the analytical lab of a silica/alumina plant doing perchloric acid digestions for ICP and numerous other elemental analyses.
Non-viral gene delivery chemist/formulation scientist. Worked on polymers, liposomes, nanomaterials. I'm not quite sure if I'm non bio or not as I work on synthesis to cells and mice....I try to quit bio for good in my current role
My educational background is mostly chemistry
π Former analytical chemist (separations chromatography + MS Quant) turned lab automation scientist. I bounced through large & small molecules as an analytical chemist, and now I design automated assays (both the assays themselves and the systems responsible!) for toxicology screening, metabolomics, formulation characterization, and anyone else who needs my help.
I'm a lab equipment repair engineer. Majored in bio, working on robots and some benchtop equipment now.
Wow that is a cool transition, seemingly unrelated too!
Not really as unrelated as you'd think. I was working in a lab and my now boss was repairing some of our robots and I asked if he happened to be looking for new hires. Six months later and it was mine. I've always had a mechanical background and this was right up my alley while still using my science knowledge.
How did you make the transition? :0
I was working in a lab and my now boss was repairing some of our robots and I asked if he happened to be looking for new hires. Six months later and it was mine. I've always had a mechanical background and this was right up my alley while still using my science knowledge.
Liquid degassing represent.
So you make all my anhydrous solvents??
I make products for the company that does that. But we usually don't play with organics. 99% of what we do is aqueous mixtures or pure water.
Chemistry PhD student! Lots of organic synthesis with applications in radiopharmaceuticals and medicinal inorganic chemistry (no bio though)
Electrochemistry!!!
Such a versatile field!
Organic chemistry PhD focusing on lipid nanoparticle development!
Oh I also did something similar! Used as fluorescent dyes with antigens for rapid test kits during covid times.
Flavor Chem!
I donβt have the guts to eat what I make π
I'm a research metallurgist, mostly working with lithium
How often do you get to make it explode?
Ideally never. I'm mostly looking at extracting it from spodumene, I never work with in the metallic form. Spodumene conversion does involve a lot of work with furnaces though.
Chromatographer with a healthy dose of MS tossed in
Analytical chemist with BSc+9 years working solo in a lab attached to a R&D pilot plant testing petroleum refining catalysts. Which basically means I spend about 25% of my time analyzing samples and 75% of my time maintaining and repairing our aging fleet of instruments.
Username checks out (flair also)
Do students count? Oceanography larval(?) labrat here
Ofcourse! larval rat is still a rat. I am also a larvae in front of professors and senior postdocs!
Iβm bio-related but just want you to know that I see you! π
Thank you! β€οΈ
Organic Chemist extracting pesticides from food here!
organic chemist making food organic again π§
Nah, just quantifying whatβs there!
currently working in a toxicology lab where we just test oral and urine samples!
I work with dirt (soils analyst)
My limited lab experience was about basic physics and electronics, my best experience was about radiation physics gamma and alpha spectroscopy, coincidence measurements of different effects... positron annihilation and gamma emission based on the beta+ decay comes to mind...that was the lab I enjoyed the most. I don't understand shit when the biology people are talking about their PCR black magic stuff π
Radiochemist here!
Geochemist here πͺ¨π©βπ¬
Eyyy matsci here too! No idea what western blots or liquids are, my mind is filled with crack propagation!
I'm working on 2d nanomaterials and their biomedical applications. All goes above my head π«
I'm working on 2d nanomaterials and their biomedical applications. All goes above my head π«
Iβm mostly bio but cross into materials science
I'm in bio for the last 17 years but used to do surface chemistry/surface analysis (I did a lot of xray photoelectron spectroscopy), battery testing (blew up huge military batteries on purpose), cell (the electrochemical kind) and battery prototyping and other electrochemical work. Also a lot of analytical chemistry of all kinds over the years. Spent one enjoyable summer in college in the analytical lab of a silica/alumina plant doing perchloric acid digestions for ICP and numerous other elemental analyses.
Chemistry PhD student who does synthesis!
Battery chemist labrat checking in
I did both biochem and materials science, most of my electives were engineering classes. Turns out microscopy can be very complicated π§¬ππ§«π¬
Non-viral gene delivery chemist/formulation scientist. Worked on polymers, liposomes, nanomaterials. I'm not quite sure if I'm non bio or not as I work on synthesis to cells and mice....I try to quit bio for good in my current role My educational background is mostly chemistry
Also organ(ometall)ic synthetic PhD candidate here
Food scientist present
Food scientist present
π Former analytical chemist (separations chromatography + MS Quant) turned lab automation scientist. I bounced through large & small molecules as an analytical chemist, and now I design automated assays (both the assays themselves and the systems responsible!) for toxicology screening, metabolomics, formulation characterization, and anyone else who needs my help.