Sentences with phrase «direction of her research career»

Kunda chose the direction of her research career after reading Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, an animal science professor who is autistic and has the ability to problem - solve — and even to visualize huge pieces of machinery before they are built — using her exceptional visual thinking skills.

Not exact matches

Not many scientists have the audacity to change research directions in the early stages of their independent research career, and fewer still have the courage to leave a tenure - track position for a postdoc.

As I've mentioned, there are no set paths to finding a career outside of research, and it is unlikely that any given contact will be able to do more than point you in a general direction.

Brian Nosek, COS executive director and a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who studies the gap between research values and practices, also points out that using the Registered Report format can offer valuable feedback for junior researchers and help support their career development as they decide what research directions to pursue.

When government funding for research depends on annual Congressional appropriations (as it always does, at least in the U.S.), the direction of careers can depend on decisions made by politicians that have little, if anything, to do with scientific needs.

Rhea Daughtery, Associate Direction of the School of Medicine Career Center, will showcase careers available outside of academia and highlight how the skills we acquire during our research as a postdoc are transferrable and valuable in many areas of industry.

«This award recognizes Amit's amazing productivity at every stage of his career and will allow him to develop a research project that can shape his future research direction,» she said.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious artist to benefit from a large studio to create a new body of work as large and complex as desired, to experiment, research or take a new direction, and to strengthen a career.

Peter Gleick's career isn't over despite the big scar linked to his duping the Heartland Institute, says Kevin Trenberth, an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. «I think this pushes Peter in the direction of getting even more involved on the side of being an advocate,» Trenberth told ME on Friday.

After graduating from University of Virginia with a degree in psychology and absolutely no useful contacts or career direction, Lisa Noble sweet talked her way into a succession of increasingly responsible jobs, from Educational Testing Director at The Johns Hopkins University to Senior Consultant at IBM to US Research Director at Bayer Healthcare and finally VP of Quantitative Insight at a WPP marketing consultancy.

If after assessing your situation and future career goals, and think you'd like to take the leap in a new direction, the next step is extensive research of your target role / field.