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Case study: Professor of Reproductive Biology

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Personal details
Name	Cheryl
Department	Psychology/Animal and Plant Sciences
Academic status	Undergraduate
Course title	Psychology and Zoology
Nationality	UK
Year of graduation	unknown

Further study details
Employment details
Type of job	Education
Name of organisation	Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
What does my organisation do?	The Roslin Institute is an animal biosciences research institute which is part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Edinburgh.
Main responsibilities	My role is to provide research leadership and resource management to a group working on reproductive physiology and development of livestock species.
Typical day	Discussions with post-graduate students and post-docs in the group to discuss their research progress, management of laboratory support staff, liaising with grant funding agencies, preparing manuscripts for submission to learned journals and teaching.
What do I enjoy about my job?	No two days are the same. Providing deadlines are met, I manage my own time and pursue areas of science that are interesting to me. Through my research work, I have developed an international network of colleagues and friends.
Why did this area of work appeal to me?	Following an interest in animal physiology acquired as an undergraduate at Sheffield.
Skills/qualifications I use in my job?	BSc, PhD, communication skills, scientific writing, grantsmanship, networking, staff management. The more generic skills were acquired through training and on-the-job experience.
Current situation
My current situation
Other information
Brief history since leaving University	PhD, University of Edinburgh. Post-doctoral research associate, University of Florida, USA. Higher, Senior and Principal Scientific Officer, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen. Head of Applied Physiology Department, SAC, Aberdeen. Head of Animal Breeding and Development Research, SAC Aberdeen. Edinburgh Research Group Leader, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh.
Where do I see myself in the future?	Leading an expanded research group.
My piece of advice to students	Find what you really enjoy, and then go for it!

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