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Waqar Ahmed
The more questions you ask, the more you will know. Science is useless without questions! :)
My CV
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Education:
St Annes Junior & Infant School, Clifton Comprehensive School, Thomas Rotherham College, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Manchester
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Qualifications:
BSc Biomedical Sciences, MSc Pharmacology
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Work History:
Parexel International, Surrey Clinical Research Centre
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Current Job:
Early Stage Researcher
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About Me:
Helping to advance human knowledge and make our earth a more fun place to live
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I’m from Sheffield, and I carry out research at the University of Manchester. As part of my research, I work with Philips – you know, the company that makes electronics. Did you know they co-invented the CD? If you don’t know what a CD is, ask your mum and dad!
At the moment, I live with my wife in Eindhoven, a small town in The Netherlands. In fact, its one hour away from the Belgian and German Border. I can speak some Dutch, but please don’t ask me to do this!
We don’t have any pets, although the neighbours cat comes over often to sniff around our flat.
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Breath has been used to diagnose diseases since the ancient Greeks. They used to smell your breath, and if it smelt like urine, then they said you had Diabetes. This method wasn’t really accurate. Nowadays we can accurately measure chemicals in breath.
Breath contains lots of chemicals. They are produced by our body, called metabolites, and also can come from the environment. Metabolites can also be found in blood and urine.
Research in finding specific chemicals in people’s breath has been very popular. It’s a little more complicated than smelling breath like the ancient Greeks, we let machines and sensors do it now. We can tell what you had for dinner, if you had any medicine, and nowadays, we can find out if someone has an infection or disease.
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My Typical Day:
Wake up, eat, do some science, eat, do more science, eat, watch tv, read, sleep.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
Split the costs between the five scientists so we can all carry out our activities
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Proactive, opportunistic, organised
Were you ever in trouble at school?
No, I stayed out of trouble
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Chase and Status, The Weeknd, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, Coldplay, John Newman.
What's your favourite food?
My favourite meal is a gourmet bag of fish and chips. I REALLY miss it. They don’t have any chippies here. Although they do eat raw herring fish. I also like Mexican and Indian food, but it never agrees with my stomach…
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To time travel, to have a unlimited supply of doritos, and talk to animals. Preferably all the the same time.
Tell us a joke.
How do cows do mathematics? They use a cow-culator… Whats is a Fly without wings? A Walk… What goes up when the rain comes down? Umbrella
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