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60 seconds with … Zane Andrews

17 September 2008

Name: Dr Zane Andrews
Org Unit: Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Clayton
Title: Senior Research Fellow

How long have you been with Monash University?

Just over a month.

Prior to working at Monash, where were you located and what was your role?

I was a post doctoral fellow at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US.

What challenges are ahead in your current role?

Getting lab space, grants, students, respect, scientific attention, ethics approval … and trying out the good food in the campus centre.

What is it about your job that holds your interest or is particularly satisfying?

Creativity, collaboration, travel, good publications, desire and ability to learn something new, meeting new people, academic and personal freedom and the banter with the ladies in the departmental business office.

What is your favourite place in the world and why?

The beaches around Coromandel, New Zealand, and the mountains around Wanaka, New Zealand. Stunning natural beauty, peace and adventure play ground for surf and snow enthusiasts….oh and they have great fush and chups.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

Treat every breath like it's your last, don't drink more than 16 beers in one go and always tell your Mum that you love her.

What is something about yourself that most of your colleagues wouldn't know?

Um…..I played guitar in a postdoc band at Yale called The Proton Pumps. We did a mean cover of Guns n' Roses' Sweet Child of Mine but other than that we were politely average, kind of bad actually.

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