More profiles
More of our employees give you an insight in to the opportunities in R&D at Unilever.
Career profile: Carol
"Working within the Safety & Environmental Assurances Centre (SEAC) at Colworth, we’re responsible for the safety of all our products globally, that is both Food and Home & Personal Care products. Which means anything new and innovative, any concerns or queries about existing products, it all comes through us."
Ian - Scientist, Colworth UK
"For most scientists, the thrill is publication, telling the world about the science they've done in competition with other scientists. For me, the real excitement and enjoyment is taking the extra step of going to a manufacturing facility and seeing what I've designed coming out of the end of a process line as a brand."
Matt - Scientific Services, Colworth UK
"Due to the broad range of activities at Colworth, the challenges which I face are always varied and I particularly enjoy being constantly stretched by new projects with new issues, each demanding its own solution."
Steve C – Life Sciences, Colworth UK
"From a plant biologist's point of view, the opportunity to move seamlessly from field to factory to fork within a single organisation is incredibly motivating. Integrating fundamental plant biology with crop production, factory processing and product development and seeing 'your' products on the supermarket shelf is the ultimate in applied plant biology!"
Steve M – Corporate Research, Colworth UK
"At Unilever, you are continuously developing strong scientific skills relevant to your job. For me this has included a broad range of activities from computer modelling and simulation to process science."
Rebecca – Hair Research, Fibre Scientist, Port Sunlight, UK
"My expertise is in hair fibre science and it couldn't be a better fit for what I'm doing here. I am working on a project specifically focused on ethnic hair care, delivering products to the ethnic hair care market under the Sunsilk brand."
Nieke – Consumer Science Insight Group, Laundry Category Contact Manager, Port Sunlight, UK
"My current responsibility is to deliver the consumer insights that the Laundry business needs. As part of that, I'm doing some research of my own basically exploring how we find out where to go next with laundry products, which is quite a challenge and really interesting."
