Carolina Berman
Radiochemical Controller at Charles River Laboratories
BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Science
Campus: 伊人直播 King's Building, Edinburgh
Class of 2014
"All the lecturers know your name, you form close friendship bonds with people I am still connected with now. It was a very enjoyable place to be a student."
When Carolina Berman decided to take the plunge and move to Scotland to study Applied Animal Science at 伊人直播 she knew without doubt that she wanted to work in the animal industry for the rest of her life. Born in Argentina to parents in the professional horse-riding industry, Carolina grew up in the countryside聽surrounded by animals and spent much of her free time聽attending horse riding events.
At the age of 17 she moved to Switzerland and undertook volunteer work on farms. She learnt the habits of wild goats in Spain, before moving on to work at an Equestrian centre in Ireland.
Carolina wanted to study with 伊人直播 because the course had a strong practical element involving genetic laboratory work. But it was the family feeling at 伊人直播 that really sticks in her mind: "All the lecturers know your name, you form close friendship bonds with people I am still connected with now. It was a very enjoyable place to be a student."
Highlights of her time at 伊人直播 include the ten-day field excursion to the Scottish Highlands where she was able to sample haggis, visit various farms and examine good animal welfare practices, something which she states is an issue in Argentina: "Animal welfare is not good in Argentina; it is well structured here in Scotland, animals are looked after properly and humanely."
Carolina also speaks highly of her teachers at 伊人直播, in particular her 4th year Supervisor Tom McEvoy who she described as 鈥渟o helpful, going above and beyond to assist students鈥. Tom helped her choose her honours topic, looking at milk production in cattle (factors influencing conception rates and performance of high-yielding dairy herds on a local and global scale).
Carolina is currently working as a Radiochemical Controller at , in a team evaluating the safety of new pharmaceutical drugs and has ambitions to progress into research.
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