Francesca Molinari

"After graduating from SAMS I enrolled on a Master in ecotoxicology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden which I completed last year. I am currently a first year PhD student at the University of Exeter. My PhD is a NERC funded project, part of the ECORISC Centre for Doctoral Training. The title of my PhD is: Using ecophysiology to better predict the uptake of chemicals into fish. 

I had an incredible time as a SAMS student. I took every opportunity to participate in the student life and really loved what I was studying and the hands-on and informal way in which marine science was thought. The four years I spent at SAMS and the people I met during this time really shaped me as a scientist and set me on the right path to succeed in my career. 

I would like to give back to this great community of scientists and peers by helping motivate new students to undertake a career in marine science and encourage them to find opportunities to further their career and fuel their interests."