Sentences with phrase «job at a research university»

In only a small number of exceptional cases, it appears, do Ph.D. researchers without elite academic pedigrees end up in full - fledged faculty jobs at research universities.

The scientists assembled at the two meetings heard data that is incontrovertible and a take - home lesson that could hardly be clearer: There are not now, nor will there ever be, enough tenure - track jobs at research universities for all who want them.

It's the mid-1980s, the David Baltimore - Thereza Imanishi - Kari scandal has not happened yet, and the great majority of postdocs can still look confidently forward to landing faculty jobs at research universities.

Not exact matches

«As a student at the University of New Brunswick, I had a summer research job with the chair for nanotechnology.

While working a summer research job in nanotechnology at the University of New Brunswick, Kumaran Thillainadarajah created a pressure - sensing material.

The immigrants are primarily attracted American jobs in the agriculture, hospitality, and construction industries, Jeronimo Cortina, a professor and research associate at the University of Houston's Center for Public Policy, told The Houston Chronicle.

Researchers from Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research Recruitment sat in on tech company recruiting sessions at a top - tier West Coast university; their findings hint at what's keeping women out of tech jobs: «As students entered, women were often setting up refreshments or raffles and doling out the swag in the back; the presenters were often men, and they rarely introduced the rUniversity's Clayman Institute for Gender Research Recruitment sat in on tech company recruiting sessions at a top - tier West Coast university; their findings hint at what's keeping women out of tech jobs: «As students entered, women were often setting up refreshments or raffles and doling out the swag in the back; the presenters were often men, and they rarely introduced the runiversity; their findings hint at what's keeping women out of tech jobs: «As students entered, women were often setting up refreshments or raffles and doling out the swag in the back; the presenters were often men, and they rarely introduced the recruiters.

But on the day of the 9/11 attacks, the 23 - year - old certified EMT and onetime NYPD police cadet skipped his job at a university research lab to rush to the World Trade Center.

At 31, he has a good job as a research coordinator for the University of North Carolina at Chapel HilAt 31, he has a good job as a research coordinator for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilat Chapel Hill.

Before his current job he worked as a research fellow at the University of Sussex, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Human Development group of the Chilean Bureau of the United Nations Development Programmeresearch fellow at the University of Sussex, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Human Development group of the Chilean Bureau of the United Nations Development ProgrammeResearch Center Berlin (WZB) and the Human Development group of the Chilean Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The RiverBend project will be run by the State University of New York's Research Foundation, which is headquartered in Albany, and has the help from top officials at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the State University of New York's newest college, which has become a major source of jobs in Albany with its focus the past two decades on nanoscience rResearch Foundation, which is headquartered in Albany, and has the help from top officials at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the State University of New York's newest college, which has become a major source of jobs in Albany with its focus the past two decades on nanoscience researchresearch.

Ross Potter, laboratory manager in the department of physiology at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona, got his job because «they were interested in getting someone with an M.S. or a Ph.D. to build and expand the research program,» he notes.

Christina Papke, Ph.D., a research development officer in the Research Development Services department at Texas A&M University (TAMU), revels in the fact that her job blends science with communications and strategic presearch development officer in the Research Development Services department at Texas A&M University (TAMU), revels in the fact that her job blends science with communications and strategic pResearch Development Services department at Texas A&M University (TAMU), revels in the fact that her job blends science with communications and strategic planning.

But once they got wind of his expertise — he had done postdocs in immunology and receptor signaling at Vanderbilt University and at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, respectively — «they changed the job description a bit and made the offer to me to expand the position to manage the research building.»

She left a position as an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston to take a job in the research and development laboratory of Union Carbide Corporation.

But,» [w] hile in developing countries those friendships helped in securing the most attractive jobs, such as professorships, within their national higher education system, researchers in developed countries benefited from the global network of their senior friends giving them access to the most respected research groups, labs and universities, allowing them to present their work at the most prestigious conferences and publish in the most important books and journals.»

He joined the local Black Hills Astronomical Society while still in high school in 1957 and became its president a few years later, before seizing on the chance to work with professional astronomers when he took a job at the University of Arizona as a research technician developing imaging devices for telescopes in 1968.

How do you know that another profession like science policy, management consulting, or secondary - school teaching will make you happier than, say, a prestigious job at the National Institutes of Health or a research university?

«To start a scientific career is very challenging, and the returns are not very good,» says Rahul Sharma, a research instructor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who sees his promotion opportunities and job satisfaction as very poor.

Elite schools, both liberal arts colleges and research universities, do a better job overall of retaining undergraduates in the sciences: At these institutions 54 % of women but only 39 percent of men drop out of science before attaining a degree.

That's a much bigger pool of potential jobs than those offered at 200 or so research universities.

About a month ago the GrantDoctor expressed the opinion that, despite what many postdocs think, you don't need a research grant to get a job at a major research university and that, in fact, it's difficult and rare for a postdoc to get a research grant.

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.

Where nonacademic jobs once required skills that did not carry over to academia, that's not necessarily the case these days, says Gregory Kopf, who spent more than two decades at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Wyeth Research.

But aging - related jobs were few when she graduated in 1987, so she took a 2 - year research assistant position in the former Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Utrecht.

In principle, early - stage recruitment at both universities and research agencies may take place right after the Ph.D., but nowadays, some period of postdoctoral research abroad gives candidates the best chance of landing a job.

One of her temporary jobs was at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. in the office that coordinates the Cambridge Science Festival, an annual, weeklong event that shares Cambridge - area science research with the public.

Another important job for Kupchik was working with Jeffrey Fagan at the Center for Violence Research and Prevention at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

► Last Friday, after «Elsewhere in Science» went to press, ScienceInsider posted a piece by our own Elisabeth Pain — Science Careers» contributing editor for Europe — about France's Sciences en Marche, which is «a 3 - week relay race across the country by bike, foot, and even by kayak, aimed at pressuring the government to create more permanent jobs in science and better support universities and research centers.»

It is difficult to say whether it is easier to find a permanent job in a typical academic career at a university or in a research lab such as CERN.

In his day job, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Allison serves as chair of the immunology department, deputy director of the David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers and executive director of the immunotherapy division of the Moon Shots Program, a multidisciplinary effort tackling cancer mortality.

When the job of research funding adviser at another university came up I jumped at the opportunity.

One 32 - year - old postdoctoral fellow in physiology at a major research university in the Northwest has decided to pursue a non?tenure - track job in academia so that she and her husband can begin a family.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy came down 3 years after I started my first «real job» as an assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU): Teach NIH trainees about responsible conduct in research if you want to keep or ever get a training grant.

Brianna Blaser, outreach project director at Science Careers, said no matter the economy — but especially in the current tough environment — successful job - seekers know how to do two things well: stand out among the other applicants and explore career options beyond the large research universities.

Men who are overweight are just as likely as overweight women to experience interpersonal discrimination when applying for a job or shopping at retail stores, according to new research from Rice University and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC).

In 2004, at 29, Bromley entered graduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park, to research socioeconomic and environmental issues using GIS tools, while keeping his full - time job.

Stanford analytical chemist Maria Dulay, on the other hand, willingly turned down a tenure - track faculty job at Wake Forest University in Winston - Salem, North Carolina, for a long - term, soft - money position as a research associate in Richard Zare's lab at Stanford.

After a successful postdoc at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, she ignored several job opportunities in the United States to return to Poland, a country with significantly less funding and fewer top research positions.

Organic chemist Carolyn Bertozzi, an HHMI investigator at the University of California, Berkeley, says she's already cancelled some expensive service contracts, stopped paying some travel costs for job candidates, and plans to reduce the size of her 34 - member research group through attrition.

Do you need an R01 grant to get a job at a tier - I research university?

Majoring in psychology fueled her interest in the human brain, and she landed a job as a research assistant in a brain physiology lab at the University of New Mexico (UNM).

«I'm really excited by teaching and I didn't want to be in a job that totally focused on research,» says Susanne Bockholt, research associate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Immediately after finishing my degree in microbial limnology, I applied for the position of a half - time research assistant at the division of limnology at the University of Innsbruck and got the job!

«I have many choices after graduation,» says Zhou, stating that he may continue research at university or company, while also feeling comfortable that he could easily go on to other jobs in any engineering industry.

Wright has been instrumental in building an important research program in seafloor mapping and tectonics at the University of Oregon, and she wouldn't trade her job for anything.

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HERC does more than any other organization to provide highly educated and diverse jobseekers with access to job opportunities at colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non - and for - profit organizations.

For faculty scientists at universities and medical schools, the research time problem bothers everyone greatly, but probably is not yet severe enough to support union - based strikes or job actions.

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