• Question: How many people work in your lab? What are the working hours like?

    Asked by Gibbo to Nicholas, David, Eva on 9 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by Mr Orange, elliexoxo.
    • Photo: Nicholas Pearce

      Nicholas Pearce answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      Hey,

      There are about 20 of us in total in my lab: a few people with PhDs, a few students studying for a degree in chemistry and then the rest of us are PhD students in various stages of research.
      We tend to work from 9 to 5 – the hours are fairly normal, but every so often there’s a key experiment that might take a bit longer, or just need a small bit of attention at the weekend, so I’ll pop into the lab then and make sure it’s all ok.

    • Photo: David Nunan

      David Nunan answered on 13 Nov 2015:

      Hey,

      My ‘lab’ is actually an office space in a university and also different health centres. There’s about 200 people working in my department.

      I have usual office hours of 9-5 but because my work involves doing trials on patients, I often have to work in the evenings so that I can meet with patients when they finish their jobs.

      Also I collaborate with other scientists all around the world so I spend quite a lot of the time working in the evenings and early morning when they are in the middle of their working day.

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