Over the last year or so, I have been involved in a number of projects related to the public perception and understanding of chemistry, and also showing to current or aspiring chemists what possible careers are\u00a0available\u00a0for them, and what chemistry-related jobs might look like.<\/p>\n
On Twitter, we have had #RealTimeChem (see @RealTimeChem, organised by @DrGalactic, whose blog is on my blogroll). \u00a0The next event is going to be a week, not just a day, beginning on 22 April, so do all look out for that. \u00a0I shall be at BIO in Chicago that week, so I am hoping to tweet and blog from there. \u00a0It is my first time attending the BIO convention, so I am very excited about it.<\/p>\n
The other week I was also thrilled to be added to @JessTheChemist ‘s family tree of tweeting chemists (where everyone is connected via a current or former supervisor). \u00a0Her blog is on my blogroll, and the post with the family tree is here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n On the blogosphere, See Arr Oh hosted a Chem Coach Carnival on his blog Just Like Cooking, also on my Blogroll, last October, which I\u00a0participated\u00a0in here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a perhaps similar vein, the Royal Society of Chemistry has every month in RSC News, which accompanies Chemistry World, the magazine for RSC\u00a0members, a profile of a chemist. \u00a0And I am in the April edition, which you can find here<\/a> (the profile is on page 7) or on the RSC Blog The Reaction here<\/a>.<\/p>\n As it happens, there has been a bit of an\u00a0intellectual\u00a0property theme going on in\u00a0the\u00a0RSC News profiles recently, because just a few months ago the towering IP barrister Michael Edenborough QC was likewise featured – you can see his profile here<\/a>. \u00a0I actually only found out quite recently that his background was quite so strongly chemical – barristers practise in a wider range of\u00a0technical\u00a0and legal fields than patent attorneys so have a diverse array of backgrounds.<\/p>\n I hope that this little array may help any chemists out there who are considering what direction their career may next take.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"