Careers after Biological Sciences - James

Dr. James Lonnen is the Commercial Laboratory Director in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Leicester. He studied Biological Sciences (Microbiology), one of a suite of Biological Sciences degrees available at the University of Leicester, and graduated in 2000. In this short video James talks about his career path since completing his original degree and offers some advice to undergraduate students.

Since 2000 James has spent 2 years in a technical sales job for the water treatment company Nalco. He has spent a year as research technician at the University of Leicester and completed a PhD in Molecular Biology, also at the University of Leicester. His current post involves disinfectant and drug efficacy testing against microorganisms, in particular the testing of contact lens disinfecting solutions against bacteria, fungi, virus and Acanthamoeba according to ISO 14729. Also, the isolation and identification of pathogenic free-living amoeba and bacteria from water, environmental and clinical samples.

This video is part of the Careers After Biological Sciences at Leicester initiative (CABS). Started in 2007, CABS aims to demonstrate the variety of careers that can be pursued after completion of a degree in the biosciences.

This film was produced by Marketing and Student Recruitment, University of Leicester.

Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Dr Chris Willmott

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