About me

Did you know that the scene from “The Graduate”, where Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin is instructed in which branch of chemistry point his career, influenced many students who after focused on plastic polymers engineering?

Nowadays, this movie is exactly 50 years old. I saw it only two years ago and still, I believe that chemistry has a great future ahead.

My name is Nina, I am 29 years old and chemistry mentioned above together with biology were always my hobby.

Since childhood, I have been interested in all types of natural conundrums. I had Petri-dishes in my room, where I observed crystals growing from a salt or copper-sulphate solutions. For my 10th birthday, my father bought me a microscope: a kid stuff, although quite advanced for my purposes. I had observed algae, unicellular animals from river water and pollen grains.

After my MSc in chemistry, I started my doctoral study. Nanochemistry application in drug trafficking was the topic of my research. I have been working hardly for three years on my thesis when the opportunity to finish my experiments abroad appeared. I spent some wonderful time in a topic-related laboratory in Italy. A year ago, I lost my earlier passion in basic research and I decided leave the university world and continue my career in the private sector.

Today, I works as a quality engineer in the accredited laboratory belonging to the big industrial company. The scope of my work is to evaluate, especially microscopically, the quality of micro-components for different purposes. I am a member of group of eight people. One guy is from Japan and he is the most experienced member of our team in electron microscopy.

Except chemistry, I lead an ordinary life. I like old-school action or horror movies, challenging books and retro fashion. Via my blog, I would like to share my opinions on technologic advance, science and everyday life of scientists and researchers.