Inspiring role-models for your students
Displaying profiles of real-life chemists in the classroom is a great way to spark your students’ interest and demonstrate how they can make a difference to the world with chemistry. The profiles we have selected showcase chemists from diverse backgrounds who have all taken different routes into chemistry.
Taryn uses scientific instruments to test our food and medicines and make sure they are safe.
Paul improves processes so that every bit of so-called waste from sugar production is recovered and reused
Celine modifies plastics so they can biodegrade in the natural environment.
Apprentice Joseph ensures there is clean, safe water for everyone in the UK.
Raquel develops a sustainable fabric that comes from pineapple leaves that would otherwise be burnt
Gary helps scientists make breakthroughs by ensuring the data they use is accurate and reliable.
Holly is developing new medicines while studying towards her degree apprenticeship.
Zubera is leading the charge on lithium-ion battery recycling for electric vehicles.
Pack contains posters for our five key topics: Changing lives, Fixing the future, Challenging opinions, Being the catalyst and Innovating industry.
Posters produced by Compound Interest and Enable Science that highlight some of the challenges and accommodations needed to do science alongside being disabled, and also the scientists’ contributions to science.