Page 20 - final-azteclaim
P. 20
Why would you like to be really admire professor Poliakoff who is
remember? an eminent in terms of green chemistry
Principle, I’d like to be remember as a and fuels research, which lands very
close to my area. He is very well-known
good professor, for the quality of my for the quality of his lectures and for his
lectures and in the long term I hope that involvement with his students. He really
my efforts in research can really make an puts an interest in improving his lectures
impact in society. I’m focus in energy, it is and finding new pedagogical forms for
one of the topics nowadays, in Mexico is chemical engineering and also in terms of
one of the most important. It would be in research is known by people in the field.
every agenda and everyone should be Overall, I think he is the modern scientist.
talking about energy. Another person that I really admire
because of his achievements and his
What are the most difficult story is Sir Steve Redgrave. He was born
challenges that you have to face with diabetes, he started from a young
as a scientist? age training but he used to ride his bike
If you want to become a good scientist, around the town delivering newspaper
you have to continue study. Never and then he became, I’m not afraid of say
ending study! It is a constantly effort to it, the best rower in history. Although his
keep up today with the new origin is humble, he has raised five gold
developments in your research fields. medals in five consecutive Olympic
You need to know what is happening in Games. Nobody, in any sport, has ever
the rest of the fields because that can achieve that!
make an impact in your research. It’s This two stories are a motivation for me to
difficult to try to become a good scientist do my best and improve in my daily days
because is intensely competitive, you and my work.
have to be very well prepared and you
have to work a lot. Would you like to turn back the
Let me tell you that when you are doing clock and change something in
scientific research, one of the main your life?
breaks to your performance is money. It Actually, I’m very happy with my life. I has
becomes a need to look for money for it always said that if I had to go back to the
and sometimes is not easy. time when I was applying for university I’d
Being innovative and originals, the plenty choose chemical engineering again. I
of scientist and research is something love my profession, I love my work, I
that you have to look at. Sometimes is love doing academic researchers and
difficult to get the idea, sometimes is specially I love teaching. I don't see
difficult to develop an idea. Try to find myself doing something different that is
breakthroughs in order to have a real not related to chemical engineering. I
impact. have to teach, my job is just a pleasure
everyday. I think my research fields really
Who do you admire? has a social impact so I’m very satisfied.
It is difficult to say a person because I can
admire many people for many things. In
terms of my academic background, I
