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Kate Boersen

What do you do on an average work day?Basically, I work with scientists so we can learn more about natural hazards and how they can affect us, and, at the same time, my role is to encourage people...

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Linda Shi

What do you do on an average work day?Usually I start the day with [Agile management process] Scrum, finding out what needs to be done for each project milestone, deciding on what is most important for...

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Kimberley Maxwell

What do you do on an average work day?Planning field work, field work collecting samples and data, dissecting and assessing samples in labs, photography, analysing data, report writing and...

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Sophia Frentz

What do you do on an average work day?Currently I’m working on stem cells, which are fiddly and terrible, so I check on them first thing every morning just in case they’ve all decided to die...

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Helen Bostock

What do you do on an average work day?There's no such thing as an average day. I spend some days in the lab, other days in my office on the computer, catching up with my students, the occasional...

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Jane Allison

What do you do on an average work day?Too much sitting! I am a computational researcher, so between that and all the email and admin, I spend a lot of time sitting at my computer. I’ll usually also...

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Saya Hashimoto

What do you do on an average work day?I have recently started a small business running workshops with parents and ECE teachers on how to prevent and manage fussy eating behaviours. Fussy eating is a...

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Rachael Wiltshire

What do you do on an average work day?It depends on the day, to be honest! My timetable is very flexible this year, so usually my day will involve some combination of study, tutoring and admin work for...

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Sea Rotmann

What do you do on an average work day? My work falls into three distinct types:I travel extensively, leading a large, international research project on behaviour change. This keeps me overseas for 4-5...

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Lilly Donnelly

What do you do on an average work day? No day is average which is what makes it so wonderful. Each day I do try to spend time in the lab, putting on and working up reactions in an attempt to make or...

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Catherine Pearce

What do you do on an average work day? I don't have an average work day, as a consultant it changes from day-to-day, week-to-week, project-to-project and customer-to-customer. My place of work can be...

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Sandeeka Mannakkara

What do you do on an average work day? Usually there is no such thing as an average work day as every day is different!  My main job is to carry out research projects looking at post-disaster recovery....

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Jodie Johnstone

Title has changed: Jodie JohnstonJohnstoneWhat do you do on an average work day? My toddler and I start the day early and catch the bus/train from where we live into work/daycare. That takes about an...

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More money for Taranaki projects

Taranaki’s pilot programme to encourage communities to embrace science and technology has been so successful it is being extended for a third round, meaning more local science and tech projects can get...

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South Auckland funds get green light for 2017

Funding applications are now open for South Auckland projects starting in 2017.The South Auckland Participatory Science Platform (PSP) has been given the green light for another year, with $180,000...

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Otago's 2017 funding round opens

The Otago Participatory Science Platform is now inviting proposals for 2017 funding. Up to $180,000 is now available to support new Otago-based projects for 2017, in an effort to boost locals'...

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How can sharks help us keep our teeth clean?

Primary and secondary school children in Dunedin, including relocated refugees, have been taking impressions of animal teeth and creating their very own plaster-cast model tooth to keep.Carolina Loch,...

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GEORGIA CARSON

Georgia Carson, PhD Candidate in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington.What did you study at school? And after high school?I’ve always had broad...

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DEANNA LOMAS

Deanna Lomas works as the Director of Supply Chain at Telstra.What do you do on an average work day?I am responsible for the Consumer Technology Product supply chain.  This means sourcing and supplying...

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AMANDA BLACK

Amanda Black is a Lecturer/Researcher, BioProtection Research Centre, Lincoln UniversityYou can follow her on twitter @AmandaB68679635 and also @BioHeritage_NZ and @BioprotectionNZWhat do you do on an...

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