My Typical Day
"I can be on a water treatment works and in the laboratory taking/analysing water samples or out and about at events learning/teaching or in the office writing"
Sampling Days (twice a fortnight)
Sampling Schedule
8-10:30am travel to experimental site
10:30-12:30pm take samples, basic analysis on site
1-2:30pm travel to laboratory
2:30-5pm analyse samples in the lab
5-7:30pm travel home
Tasks: take samples from experimental sites, do basic site analysis (e.g. chlorine, temperature, turbidity), read meters, record data on site, check everything is running correctly/solve any problems, do complex lab-based analysis, record results
Event Days
Teaching
PhD Tutor with The Brilliant Club
2h slots once a fortnight (go to industry office after)
Conferences
Discuss research with a poster or presentation
1 international per year, 2-3 UK per year
Training
Usually at The University of Sheffield
2-3 per year
Tasks: explain my research to specialised and non-specialised audiences, network with other scientists and engineers, keep up to date with other research, improve and build on current skills
Paperwork Days
Office in Industry (all other available days)
7:45-8:30am travel to the office
4:30-5pm travel home from the office
Work from home (once a week)
8am start work
5:30pm finish work
Office in University (once a fortnight)
6-9:30am travel to University of Sheffield
3:30-6:30pm travel home from University of Sheffield
Tasks: writing literature reviews or thesis chapters, analysing preliminary results, catching up with emails, ensure my steering group and supervisors are caught up with my progress, apply to talk at conference, organising travel/calendar
