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| Philip Valencia |
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Sick of your parents refusing to buy you the
latest games console?
With Philip Valencia's work on
'Smart Spaces', it may be possible to turn your whole bedroom
into a place where you can play virtual games by yourself and
with your friends. He's also working on aeroplanes that can diagnose
and repair a faulty component while they're flying!
How did he get to do these fun things? Philip started way back
in Year 5 writing programs for his computer so it would to 'talk'
to him. And he hasn't looked back!
Philip says the best thing in his job is thinking up really crazy ideas.
He loves seeing the expression on other peoples' faces when he shows
them what he does.
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| Janette Berglez |
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Most
of us run a mile from diseases like malaria but, for Janette
Berglez, it's
part of her everyday work.
Janette
is with the CSIRO Division of Health Sciences and Nutrition, working
on malaria resistance to drugs.
Janette has always had an interest in diseases and genetics and in this
job she can combine these things. She says the best thing about her job
is the travel she gets to do.
Janette hopes that her work could one day help the millions of people in
the world who could die from malaria.
Janette sees her work as the first step in a long career in science and
is keen to get into the areas of nanotechnology and gene cloning in the
future.
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| Caroline
Kerr |
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Is your pet anxious?
Caroline Kerr may just be the scientist you need. She spends
her time trying to find out what causes stress in livestock.
Caroline found her way into this work through her love of animals that
started
way back as a child on her family's farm. Why a scientist and not a farmer?
Caroline is one of those people who combine creativity and curiosity and a passion
for her work - the perfect ingredients for a scientist.
Caroline says the best thing about her job is making new discoveries. Her advice
to any would-be scientist is: "If you love the thought of being paid to
be creative, have a thirst for discovering new things, and you want a flexible,
fun job, then go for it!"
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| Aaron Chippendale |
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How big is the biggest
radio telescope in the world?
Ask Aaron Chippendale. He is a Research Support Engineer on
the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project. He is hoping
that one day he can find the very first stars after the big bang.
Aaron was one of those kids whose passion for finding out things
lead to some 'naughty' behaviour. Like 'fixing' his dad's music
stand so that it would hold his telescope.
Aaron says the best thing about his job is the variety of challenges and the
fantastic people he meets. He loves the exotic places he travels to with his
job.
He says if you want to be a scientist; "Do it! Go nuts, and never look
back!"
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