Career Q&A

Although he has pivoted to conservation photography, Sirachai (Shin) Arunrugstichai still considers the ocean as his office.

Salah Obayya works to advance women’s research careers in photonics in Egypt.

Undeterred by US funding cuts, behavioural-health researcher Jason Flatt studies how dementia affects people from sexual and gender minorities.

What does a chief business officer do, and how do you become one? Filippo Mulinacci describes his corporate career, the importance of on-the-job training and why he doesn’t miss the bench.

Neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon is urging scientists to use the power of local newspapers in the fight against US research-funding cuts.

Nathan Alexander's laboratory welcomes ‘anyone and everyone’ to use a mix of mathematics and computing to solve challenges in society.

Yohannes Haile-Selassie wants to shift the trajectory of palaeoanthropology in fossil-rich Ethiopia away from its long colonial heritage.

Vukosi Marivate learnt that communities, not just superstar individuals, can open doors in artificial intelligence.

Alongside nurturing entrepreneurial skills in mathematicians, Ewan Kirk lobbies to keep scientific talent in the United Kingdom.

Biochemist Babita Paudel strives to change Nepal’s standing as the Asian country with the lowest participation of women in science.

Geochemist Nicolas Randazzo plans for research millions of kilometres away and decades into the future.

Biologist Tatsuya Amano works to make science a fairer place for non-fluent speakers.

Lambda Agri chief executive Monica Saavedra describes funding strategies and the circumstances leading to the company changing strategic direction.

Institutions that don’t respond to sexual-assault allegations are failing to protect people who could be targeted in future, says Nicole Bedera.

Workforce modeller Alison Leary says that nursing and academia face similar gender-based challenges to recruit and retain staff.

Arachnologist Lauren Esposito develops community platforms to share LGBTQ+ voices and wants to shed light on the overlooked intersectional barriers affecting queer people of colour.

How do you choose what to call your company? Wobble Genomics’s chief executive, Richard Kuo, explains.

Laurie Barge and Arezoo Khodayari created an internship between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California State University, Los Angeles to launch the careers of students from minority backgrounds.

Sustainable-development researcher Olena Melnyk talks about moving her life and research career from Ukraine to Switzerland.

Amanda Black’s work has shown that healthy soil structures depend on the synergy of a large variety of organisms — and so does scientific discovery, she argues.