Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley In Touch March 2014 | Page 7

My favourite forums included the forum at Shine
Dome, which centred around how the public treats
science and how we are to deal with the Australian
Identity in Science, and the forum at John Curtin
school of Medical Research, which centred around
ethics in science and scientists. By and large my favourite talks were Dr Erica Sloan's speech on how to
survive in the new world of science, and the speech
on Climate Change by multiple speakers, including
Thomas Sloan. Dinners were excellent, and I especially enjoyed the rotary dinner where I introduced
Dr Erica Sloan.
My favourite experience of the entire trip was meeting Dr Erica Sloan. She is an excellent scientist and

With Dr Erica Sloan

speaker, and it amazes me that this program allowed
me to stay in contact with such a prestigious scientist.
My personal down time included hanging out with the
many friends I made on NYSF, communal lunches, the
rotary home hospitality (for which I had Adam De
Toth) and a trip to the swimming pool for cooling
down.
I intend to stay in contact with all I can. We regularly
have skype calls and update each other on what we
are doing. I know that these friendships have been
made for life.

Some of the many friends I made

In ten years from now I would love to
be conducting research in a lab
somewhere around the world. My
passion is Chemistry, and I would
love to combine this with both
Physics and Biology. I feel as if I
would like to do research into either
energy or medical problems, however
this may be subject to change.

Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley

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