 I chose to pursue a PhD because I thoroughly enjoy research, just had a passion ever since I was young. I found I really enjoyed reading scientific literature and I thought I'd like to be a part of that in whatever way I can. And that has led me back on to starting a PhD here. The University of Western Australia has such a diverse range of analytical equipment and that's such a privilege to be working with. This scholarship is quite generous I guess would be the correct word to say for me. Personally it gives me an allowance to live on which is more than generous and it gives me each year a certain allowance so we have funds to help assist in the analytical work that we're carrying out so it takes a lot of the pressure off trying to find and source funds for these projects. I would definitely recommend UWA to future students. The community here is fantastic. You meet new people, you get to have fun experiences, it doesn't matter which discipline you choose there's always some sort of practical element to your theoretical studies and the support circle that you have is just fantastic. A very relaxed environment it puts your mind at ease when you're studying here.