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Chief chemist
Stephen oversees the ways in which chemistry can be used to improve a power station’s performance
Chief executive officer
Chief scientist at agritech company, Lambda Energy
Chief technology officer
Chief technology officer and co-founder of a robotic chemists’ company
Chief technology officer and co-founder of Lixea, a sustainable solutions company
Co-founder and machine learning lead of tech startup Ignota Labs
Consumer products technician
Cosmetics, technical services chemist
Apprentice
Advanced apprentice, forensics
Analyst – higher apprentice, organic chemistry
Associate scientist, pharmaceuticals
Bioleaching lab technician
Laboratory analyst and higher degree apprentice, water
Laboratory scientist apprentice
Laboratory technician and higher apprentice, solar
Process chemist – higher apprentice, pharmaceuticals
Scientific associate, NMR spectroscopy
Senior laboratory technician
University laboratory technician apprentice
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Chief chemist
Chief executive officer
Chief scientist at agritech company, Lambda Energy
Chief technology officer
Chief technology officer and co-founder of a robotic chemists’ company
Chief technology officer and co-founder of Lixea, a sustainable solutions company
Co-founder and machine learning lead of tech startup Ignota Labs
Consumer products technician
Education
Associate professor
Bionanotechnology PhD student
Head of chemistry and teacher
PhD researcher
Postdoctoral research associate
Professor and enterprise, partnerships and innovation lead
Professor of biorefineries
Professor of environmental chemistry
Research fellow
Research fellow, battery recycling
School science technician
Secondary school science teacher
Teaching technical specialist
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Patent attorney
PhD researcher
Policy adviser, UK government
Policy researcher, cancer research UK
Pollution control officer
Postdoctoral research associate
Principal air quality consultant
Process chemist – higher apprentice, pharmaceuticals
Product and process development manager
Professor and enterprise, partnerships and innovation lead
Professor of biorefineries
Professor of environmental chemistry
Project leader in enhanced experimentation, oil & gas
Project manager, world gold council
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School science technician
Science careers coach and mentor
Science communicator
Scientific associate, NMR spectroscopy
Scientific consultant
Scientific leader
Scientist, Incident Management & Crisis Resolution
Section leader, wind
Senior analytical systems technician
Senior committee specialist, UK government
Senior curator
Senior director of chip research
Senior laboratory technician
Senior picture editor
Senior principal scientist
Senior research and development scientist
Senior science manager
Senior scientist, household goods
Senior software developer
Soil scientist
Solar technology engineer
Sports scientist, British Olympic Association
Sustainability manager
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