• Question: Do you have any children

    Asked by anon-321066 on 14 Mar 2022.
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      Matthew Macariou answered on 14 Mar 2022:


      I have two step children, one has finished university and the other is at uni now.
      They didn’t get the science bug from m though – both are far more artistic and have studied in the area of digital art.

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      Mark Ridgill answered on 14 Mar 2022:


      I have a son

    • Photo: Stephen Doughty

      Stephen Doughty answered on 14 Mar 2022:


      Yes – 5 and they’re all boys!

    • Photo: Amit Vernekar

      Amit Vernekar answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      No

    • Photo: TJ Preston

      TJ Preston answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      No

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      Ian McKinley answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      I don’t have any children, but 2 brothers and 3 sisters – and a lot of nieces and nephews. Instead of children, I have worked closely with a lot of students who come to Switzerland (mainly from Scotland) for 3 months work experience. It is not only work – my wife and I do a lot to show them life in Switzerland (walking in the mountains, swimming in the lakes… skiing in the summer was especially popular!) Some of these students now live and work in Switzerland and I am still in contact with many of the others.

    • Photo: Jesko Koehnke

      Jesko Koehnke answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      I have two toddlers, a son and a daughter. My goal for them is to stay curious, and to keep asking “good” questions: Simple, specific, and they have an answer. This is how we ended up making it rain in our kitchen…

    • Photo: David Jackson

      David Jackson answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      Yes, two daughters and six grandchildren. So far no other scientists!

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      Mahoulo Ahouansou answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      Not yet.

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      Veselina Georgieva answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      Unfortunately, not yet

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      Fiona Fotherby answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      I do not have any children or a significant other. I am 30. A lot of my friends in university are single. Some friends I know have a SO but I haven’t been to many weddings, I can tell you that.

    • Photo: Sophie Strickfuss

      Sophie Strickfuss answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      2 daughters, 9 and 12. Both are very interested in my job and my choice of career. Neither of them might become scientist, but I hope they’ll be able to make an informed choice through my discussions with them.

    • Photo: Charlay Wood

      Charlay Wood answered on 15 Mar 2022: last edited 15 Mar 2022 5:24 pm


      Noo, not yet! Unless you count my plump, fluffy chinchilla! He’s called Calcifer.

    • Photo: Lesley Howell

      Lesley Howell answered on 15 Mar 2022:


      Yes 5 altogether!
      I have a daughter and 2 sons and 2 step children who are twins!

    • Photo: Graeme Barker

      Graeme Barker answered on 16 Mar 2022:


      No, but lots of my colleagues do.

    • Photo: Andrew Parrott

      Andrew Parrott answered on 16 Mar 2022:


      No

    • Photo: Jasmine Almond

      Jasmine Almond answered on 18 Mar 2022:


      I have no children.

    • Photo: Mohanad Aldib

      Mohanad Aldib answered on 18 Mar 2022:


      Yes, two daughters.

    • Photo: Jamie Stevens

      Jamie Stevens answered on 22 Mar 2022:


      one toddler and another on the way

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