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If you’re close to finishing your project, don’t have impending health, relationship or financial issues putting a timeline on your PhD, you may want to weigh the opportunity to stay for the degree while spending some time outside the lab amassing other skills that will launch you in a new -
There is only one universal answer: Plan seriously for your Plan B. It’s as simple as that. Not planning for the (very likely chance) that you may not end up with a faculty track career in academia today is like buying a home by a lake that is known to -
“I’m a scientist.” It’s a title that packs a punch. In summer blockbusters, there’s guaranteed to be a mad scientist behind the mayhem, or a researcher desperately searching for a high-tech solution every time monsters or supervillains appear on the big screen. In the real world, though, the details of -
It takes time to change your mindset. If you’re a PhD grad student or postdoc, and this is the first time you’re really thinking hard about a future that doesn’t involve an academic career, you’re not going to rewrite your dreams tomorrow. You won’t get past all of your concerns in -
What should you be thinking about, depending on what stage of your research training that you’re in? Let’s take a look! Best Case Scenario Early in your PhD career, yrs 2–4 Get to know, or explore some organizations or groups doing something you find interesting (non research related) and contribute -
Now I don’t know about you, but I LOVE food! And when it comes to food, I’m always thinking about: The chemistry of heating and cooling carbohydrates and fats and proteins. The engineering principles behind the crunch and snap of cellular walls in my fresh veggies. The fluid dynamics of -
Here’s the thing: a degree is not a career. We get that rude awakening at different stages of our scientific training, but that no matter when you realize this, it can come as something of a shock. You mean my PhD doesn’t automatically get me in the running for a -
By the traditional, limited definition of a PhD, it’s clear that we don’t. We have an oversupply of doctoral researchers, and 80% leave the academic track in the biomed fields, ending up with careers outside the faculty path. Postdocs also take a substantial pay cut and delayed progression on their future careers,
