Larry Guth, an MIT professor of mathematics, was honored with the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, which is given to promising
junior researchers who have already produced important work in mathematics.
If that process had any shady elements, some of those people — most likely including
the junior researchers who do much of the bench work — know about it.
Not exact matches
But
junior researchers are often discouraged from voicing their concerns due to the power imbalance intrinsic to academia: The senior
researchers who train us are not only our mentors, but they are also the professors
who graduate us and the bosses
who pay us and eventually recommend us for our next jobs.
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.
Regardless of their legal status,
junior researchers are professionals
who should enjoy full social security benefits and employment protections
While there were no significant differences in the responses of residents based on how far along they were in their training, the
researchers were surprised to discover some significant differences among supervising physicians, with senior attendings being more likely than
junior attendings —
who could be fellows or attendings in practice less than five years — to prefer immediate notification for situations including patient falls, new or worsening pain, an angry parent or family member, or the need for restraints.
Researchers with the National Institutes of Health say that
Junior Seau, a star defender in the U.S. National Football League (NFL), had a degenerative brain disease linked to athletes
who suffer chronic head trauma associated with violent sports, according to The New York Times.
«For the first time, we were able to precisely and accurately detect how many molecules actually were grafted to the surface of the graphene,» reports
junior researcher Felix Rösicke,
who investigated this problem for his doctoral dissertation.
Despite the possible benefits,
junior researchers may feel that they shouldn't be spending precious time on anything that takes them away from their science, says Britta Voss, a postdoc at the U.S. Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado,
who studies carbon in river systems.
There are not enough jobs, and many of those that do exist, being
junior level jobs in the feudal system, are not satisfying to young
researchers who have tasted the freedom of creativity.
Similar percentages of respondents to both surveys reported being «scooped» by another
researcher who had beaten them to publication or that sharing data had compromised the ability of a
junior member of their team to publish.
First come the
researchers who identify candidates, then come
junior associates
who qualify the candidates; and after that come the consultants and partners
who do more in - depth interviews, assessments, and manage the engagement through its successful completion.
Trainee Investment Banking Headhunter The new
researcher will work along - side an experienced consultant
who will mentor and guide them as they work their way to becoming a
junior consultant.