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As a university lecturer I am involved in passing on knowledge to young scientists, where I teach forensic students all about how the TV shows do not show justice to the amount of chemistry/science involved in Forensic science.  but I also have a small army of my own research students who are looking at developing new materials and analytical techniques used in analysing samples.  In particular my research is involved in developing new techniques in analysing evidence from crime scenes, in particular lipsticks and foundation stains!  I also spend time in discovering and experimenting on making new materials that could be implanted in the body- in particular contact lenses and intraocular lenses.

My day is very varied, and can not really fit into one sentence.  Depending on what day it is- I will be teaching different students different topics.  For example on Mondays I spend 3 hours in the forensic crime house getting students to understand why the way in which evidence is collected is important in forensic science.  On Wednesdays I will be teaching students about how analytical techniques are used in industry for a number of reasons, for example in the hospitals when blood samples are collected how are they analysed?  I meet up with my research students every week to discuss their findings for that week- and inspire them to try new things.