To merge my passion for chemistry and my desire to engage others in STEM, I plan to pursue
an academic research career after completing my graduate work.
Not exact matches
After finishing three degrees at the University of Toronto, she co-founded Insight Data Science, a Silicon Valley education startup that helped PhDs transition from
academic research to
careers in industry.
After using dozens of PCR primers synthesized by service companies in her
academic research, Singapore's Wei Min Hon decided to find out for herself what a
career in such a company might look like.
«Despite the terrible job market for
academic scientists, many mentors of undergraduate STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] students still express disapproval if one mentions a desire to teach in the public schools
after graduation instead of pursuing a
research career.
This results in a glut of postdoctoral trainees who, even though they are aware that only 14.3 % of PhDs in the life sciences end up in tenure track position 5 years
after receiving their PhDs, still strive to become
academic researchers themselves (44 % of postdocs in the life sciences name faculty -
research as their preferred
career outcome - see below).