How well
you do as a postdoc will be critical to finding a job afterward.
«I realized I couldn't do everything myself, which is something you tend to
do as a postdoc,» Finak says.
It's a thing I wouldn't have
done as a postdoc, but felt it was a risk I was willing to take as a faculty member.
You're not going to make much more money than
you did as a postdoc.
«He knew the work
I did as a postdoc and my participation in the NPA,» Stevenson writes in an e-mail to Science Careers.
Not exact matches
Even though they
do not serve
as professors, researchers who pursue other academic paths note that their intensive training — in grad school,
postdoc appointments, and other experiences — prepares them uniquely for the challenges of their new positions.
Clearly I need to get money coming in
as soon
as the
postdoc is up (November 2002) otherwise I can't pay my mortgage.How
do I get a job which will allow me to get money coming in, and still be a plus point in terms of experience in case I still want to continue in science?
(It's also worth noting that, according to the 2010 SDR, 11 % of
postdocs in the life sciences and 17 % in the physical sciences reported lack of other employment
as their primary reason for
doing a
postdoc.)
As they talked, Eroy - Reveles scribbled with a marker on the mirrored closet door, like she did on fume hoods in the chemistry lab where she worked as a postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Francisc
As they talked, Eroy - Reveles scribbled with a marker on the mirrored closet door, like she
did on fume hoods in the chemistry lab where she worked
as a postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Francisc
as a
postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Francisco.
Yoder says that although he didn't hesitate in taking on his LGBTQA project, which he began
as a
postdoc, he has definitely considered potential negative consequences for his image
as a scientist.
Personally, I didn't start looking at alternative careers until my second year
as a
postdoc.
Did you continue to
do well when you reentered the lab
as a
postdoc / fellow?
How
does the experience of
doing a
postdoc at a company such
as MedImmune compare to
doing one at a university?
When Eric Cornell started
as a
postdoc with Carl Wieman at JILA, an institute run jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado in Boulder, in 1990 he
did his best to transform their second - floor lab into a basement.
While I was having a great time
as a
postdoc, my by - then husband was
doing well
as an assistant professor.
«It's definitely important to reduce the
postdoc period to get people moving on to their next career spot, especially if they're
doing a
postdoc as a default.
When deciding where to
do your
postdoc, pick a PI who will support you
as an aspiring academic rather than treat you like «cheap labor at the service of a great project,» says physicist Pedro Miguel Echenique.
And though Hira
did not mention it, tens of thousands of the scientists counted
as employed are trapped in low - paying
postdoc «training» jobs that economists have long recognized
as effectively disguising unemployment.
But
as a
postdoc, no matter how you engage the realm of tech transfer, you should know that you will find more pluses than minuses there in terms of career opportunities, even if your plans don't involve being a full - time CEO.
When UCHC contested the right of its
postdocs to organize, it
did not question their status
as employees.
But Shair
did not name Arefolov
as an inventor on the relevant patents, meaning that Arefolov hasn't seen any of the financial benefits he had hoped for when he traded in his industry job for a much lower - paying
postdoc position.
Science
does not let go, and I start
as a senior
postdoc in this new company.
I had zero computer experience; in fact, I could barely type, but a
postdoc in the lab helped me
do a BLAST search using my gene's protein sequence
as a query.
My philosophy is that PhD students and
postdocs should go to
as many meetings
as they can stomach and take off
as much time
as they like,
as long
as they get the work
done, according to their own schedules.
But «
as of now, and in what's pending before Congress for» 05, there's nothing specific that changes any of the things we're
doing currently» concerning
postdocs.
With a population
as diffuse
as postdoctoral scholars,
does the institution have adequate assurance that patent agreements are being signed, that conflict of interest and other mandated reporting is being carried out, that risk management and liability needs are covered, and that
postdocs are not falling through administrative cracks?
When you finish your Ph.D., you might want to continue
doing research
as a
postdoc.
On the contrary, large companies in Canada
do not view their postdoctoral programs
as recruitment tools and in many cases actively discourage the notion in their potential
postdoc recruits.
Just
as faculty members want to recruit the best doctoral students, so, too,
do PIs seek blue - chip
postdocs.
While I thought no one could work harder than my colleagues and I
did as graduate students and
postdocs, young lawyers work very hard.
Meet any potential supervisor face to face but don't forget to have a beer with their students and
postdocs as well.
For most
postdocs, «a lot of the skills and techniques and expertise that you need for that project to succeed are already established [in the lab], whereas if you start off
as an independent
postdoc, it may be that you want to
do something that you don't have very much experience with, so you then need to either seek outside help or get these things set up on your own,» Stolt - Bergner says.
«I earn $ 32,000 now
as a
postdoc» — the truth — «but I don't see that a
postdoc salary has much to
do with a starting salary in industry; wouldn't you agree?»
One can enter this profession
as many of the CARE advisers
did, from our personal experience
as a scientist — which varies from a degree in psychology to a Ph.D. or a
postdoc in the natural sciences.
«I don't know anyone who's gotten a job who spent their
postdoc at the bench the whole time,» says Crystal Icenhour, who was recently hired
as vice president and director of research at IDX Labs, a startup in Charlottesville, Virginia.
That's a problem,
as U.S. graduate students must analyze real data to graduate, and
postdocs must
do so, too, to have any chance of advancing.
The memo
does not mention
postdocs, but it opens the way for those making major scientific contributions to projects to receive the official acknowledgement
as full - fledged independent researchers that has traditionally been the exclusive prerogative of faculty members.
Now seeking work «outside the traditional academic sector,» preferably in public health policy, Srinivasan finds that some potential employers «don't believe» all that she accomplished
as a
postdoc.
Indeed, most institutions will not even allow
postdocs to serve
as co-PIs on research grant applications — although some
do — let alone
as full PIs.
If,
as seems to be the case, a fraction of scarce tenure - track faculty jobs go to «
postdocs» who already have funding, then institutions that don't allow
postdocs to apply for grants put their
postdocs at a disadvantage.
Demiralp was on the verge of
doing a
postdoc with Barrett after she had served
as one of his Ph.D. advisers.
Second, by comparing the number of faculty in the field to the number
doing a
postdoc — which besides being a training phase also serves
as a holding pattern for scientists waiting and hoping for faculty jobs — we can get an idea of whether Ph.D. scientists have access to other career options they deem acceptable.
At the University of Pennsylvania's PENN Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN - PORT) program, which just had its 5 - year IRACDA grant renewed for a second term, first - year
postdocs spend about 85 % of their time
doing mentored research and about 15 % taking pedagogy classes and preparing to teach at one of three minority - serving institutions nearby: Lincoln University, which is recognized
as the United States» first historically black university, in unincorporated southern Pennsylvania; Delaware County Community College (DCCC), which is in Pennsylvania; and Rutgers University, Camden, in New Jersey.
While your years
as a Ph.D. student or
postdoc are the most decisive in your career,
do not confuse working hard with working all the time.
She is a professor of social psychology and neuroscience at Northeastern University in Boston, and like many scientists with large, active research labs, she watches with dismay
as some Ph.D. s and
postdocs struggle to find a secure job,
as she
did 2 decades ago.
«Having a working spouse in graduate school or
as a
postdoc can be a tremendous advantage since you're no longer trying to make
do on the single, low - level salary,» says Rich, an engineer.
While graduate students had less apparent impact than
postdocs on overall publication counts, they increased the likelihood of publications in these high - impact journals just
as much
as postdocs did.
Well, not only
does postdoc dissatisfaction have an impact on current research productivity, it may have far - reaching consequences
as well.
What
do aspiring scientists look for
as they choose a university for graduate school or a
postdoc?
So you can be a
postdoc, but you can also
do a
postdoc, which unfortunately isn't
as sexual
as it sounds.