• Question: Are you famous for what you do?

    Asked by keisha99 to Bob, Katie, Nisha, Sallie, Vee on 27 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Vee Mitchell

      Vee Mitchell answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      No, very few scientists acheive fame as you would see it – only the handful that you see on the telly. Some scientists do become very well known by other scientists who do the same type of work as them.

    • Photo: Bob Bonwick

      Bob Bonwick answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Not really. I work with a lot of people, if anyone should be famous in my field then the head of my department should be. I do it because I enjoy my work, not for the limelight.

    • Photo: Sallie Baxendale

      Sallie Baxendale answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      When you work in science you get to be famous in your own world. So there are people all over the world who know who I am and what I do, but only because they work in the same area. It has some advantages because you get asked to go and talk to different groups. I have been very lucky to be asked to talk in Brasil, Canada, Singapore and all over Europe, because people who work there want to hear about our work.

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