Career Q&A in 2019

Cheryl Watkins-Moore moved from medicine to business before she launched an initiative to help women, minority ethnic groups and immigrants to enter the STEM start-up community.

Wildfires are becoming more and more frequent around the world, making expertise in the field a hot commodity.

Marine scientist turned aquaculturalist discusses how she moved from the laboratory to an oyster farm.

Aref Kyyaly fled the Syrian civil war to the United Kingdom with his family in 2014. Since leaving the country, Kyyaly has joined the University of Southampton, where he now researches the early detection of allergies. Nature speaks to him about his experiences.

Nomawethu Hlazo, a PhD student in archaeology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, speaks to Nature about her experiences.

Pat Wongpan explains why polar research must incorporate diverse views, including those of Indigenous peoples and communities affected by climate change.

One institute has netted a cohort of researchers with a pre-designed project. A member of the hiring committee and a successful candidate explain how it works.

Eqbal Dauqan shares how she managed to conduct scientific research amid a national conflict.

Mansurah Abdulazeez discusses how her visionary plant research could help in the fight against cancer.

Helen Currie has shared her fish-migration research at several UK festivals, including Glastonbury.

Faith Osier discusses a bold plan to increase African representation in the global research community.

A planetary-science PhD student created a much-needed collection and began tweeting about it.

Epidemiologist Maya Nadimpalli focuses on developing nations where meat consumption is rising.

Catriona Manville made the most of her work and volunteer experience to land a job outside academia that utilizes her research skills.

Emmanuel Balogun aims to develop drugs to wipe out trypanosomiasis in humans and animals across the African continent.

Nature talks to artificial-intelligence researcher Oren Etzioni about how to ensure the health of academic programmes in the field in the United States.

Isobel Williams has an autoimmune disease. The support network that she co-founded is helping to improve life in academia for people with long-term health conditions.

Zehra Sayers won a science-diplomacy award for her role in setting up the region’s first synchrotron light source.

Briana Konnick liked helping graduate students and postdocs to plan their careers more than she enjoyed her lab work.