A scientist is one of the few professions where failure means progress. No one wants their project or experiments to fail, but a large part of science is failing and learning it.

Being a scientist is one of the most rewarding careers. You will work on solutions to problems with real world application and impact.

Communication of your science is core to your science having impact, and the well-established way to present scientific findings is in the form of an abstract.

There will always be constraints when you are managing a scientific project – things that just cannot be compromised on.

Not everyone is a subject matter expert in your field, which means things that seem “common knowledge” to you, are not common knowledge to others.

Having ideas is a great thing and makes up the foundation of scientific research.

It takes a certain kind of person, commitment and perseverance to be a successful scientist, in any field or application…but take a moment to think about all the skills that you have developed as a scientist.

In science, you have to accept that you will always have critics, and not everyone will agree with your point of view.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.