Stephen Minger

Just got round to listening to a podcast by Dr Minger on his career. Inspirational. But why is it inspirational? Because – leaving aside the qulity of the work he leads here at King’s it is all so accessible. Here is someone who bumbled about a bit as a young adult – as most people do – and slowly focused his energies and values and intellect -  a bit of luck, a mass of talent, an even bigger mass of discipline and dedication. We all get a bit cynical about institutions we work in, but if Stephen Minger works here – its got to be a great place to be. He had some interesting coments about talking to the media and standing up for Science – his area is viewed by some as  ’controversial’ – so he feels its important to explain it to people. I am sorry to have to say it, but he has become a bit of a hero for me.