Sentences with phrase «most of his scientific career»

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes spent most of his scientific career in the quest to achieve the lowest temperatures possible.

An accomplished career Beyond his mentoring, Tol was a change agent at the NIH, where he spent most of his scientific career.

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If you want to thrive in your scientific career you need to know how to handle it and get the most of it.

On their website, the coalition institutions «commit» to gathering and publishing data on admissions and matriculation; median time to and percentage of degree completion; student and postdoc demographics; median time spent as postdocs; and, most importantly from the standpoint of those considering scientific training, «career outcomes for PhD and postdoctoral alumni, classified by job sector and career type.»

But unlike most entomophobes, Lockwood has made a scientific career of studying grasshoppers.

Attend career panels on your campus or at conferences for your scientific society, and, most importantly, set up one - on - one informational interviews with scientists who have transitioned into careers you find interesting; you'll end up better informed but also with a new member of your network.

He talks about what kinds of scientific investigation he finds most interesting and worthwhile and where he would concentrate if he were beginning his research career today.

In this feature, Science Careers identifies some of the good — and not - so - good — opportunities for Western researchers in China, recounts stories of individual researchers working in China, and offers practical tips for Western scientists considering a scientific exchange experience in the world's most populous country.

The postdoctoral and junior - faculty years correspond with the prime childbearing years, and most of the part - time researchers interviewed for this article adapted their work schedules so that they could pursue a scientific career and raise a family

The most important criterion when choosing an institution for your next career move, he says, should be the supervisor, followed by the scientific reputation of the institution and then the research topic.

A truly successful career as a musician takes a full - time effort, and that's simply not realistic when I spend most of my time in the laboratory, but I've learned to be much more efficient in my practicing and have adopted a more scientific approach to problem - solving in the practice room.

Most (72 %) think that successful candidates should finish their theses ready to take on a career in scientific research in general, and one - fifth believe that PhDs should be trained for a range of careers.

(Sandberg, of course, is a billionaire tech celebrity; still relatively early in her career, Weissman - Unni has a handful of publications in some of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world, including Nature and PLOS ONE.)

Based on these findings, any shortage in America's scientific labor market is «most likely a demand - side problem of STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] career opportunities that are less attractive than career opportunities in other fields» rather than a supply - side problem of too few Americans with scientific training, asserted Salzman in congressional testimony presented on 6 November before the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

I investigated alternative science careers, such as scientific writing and business development, but most of these appeared to warrant a move to a larger city.

He has dedicated his scientific career to understanding and conserving one of Earth's most intelligent and charismatic species.

Besides, I tried every chance to deliver oral presentations in English under all circumstances (speaking), in lab meetings or international conferences, because this is one of the most important parts of our future scientific career for global collaboration.

«The most important thing at this stage of a young person's career is to make an important scientific discovery.

«I am a geneticist but I am also a veterinarian and having the ability to eliminate a disease as painful and debilitating as IVDD is the most satisfying result of my scientific career,» Bannasch said.

But this major scientific work was not published until 1704, as a result of one of the most protracted personality clashes of Newton's tempestuous career: he was unable, and never learned, to cope with criticism of any kind, and he did not suffer fools gladly.

One of the coolest — and most stressful — moments of my career took place November 7, 1996, when I was a staff writer for Scientific American.

In stead, they went back to their country and built up a scientific career in a setting where most of us would give up within months.

Finally, we've prepared our own list of career - related breakthroughs of the year in science, what we — the editors of Science's Next Wave — believe are the most important developments in scientific careers over the last twelve months.

In the debate over scientific immigration, however — another symptom of the system's decay — the voices of the scientific and technical workers most affected, the Ph.D. s in precarious early - career positions and the technical workers facing competition from abroad, have scarcely been heard, Hira says.

In most cases, it is next to impossible for a U.S. citizen to work as a paid member of the scientific staff in a career position at either an academic institution or European laboratory such as a Max Plank institute or the European synchrotron light sources.

York started his scientific career very young — at age 20 — when he was, as the jacket says «swept into the century's most daring and dangerous technical achievement, the making of the nuclear bomb».

Given the intense and busy nature of most scientific careers, it is easy to feel that one simply has NO TIME for such constructive engagement.

A team of «seasoned» scientific reviewers and scientists provide grant - writing tips based on the PHS 398 application, the application form used for most NIH grants, including R01 research grants, fellowships, and career training grants.

First — and most central to your career — is the political process of doing science and influencing the opinions of your scientific peers.

Each visiting scholar is afforded the uncommon opportunity to accelerate their scientific career by working with some of astronomy's most highly regarded researchers at the world's premier Observatory.

Dr. Eichler: The most favorite parts of the job are: 1) making new discoveries and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge especially as it relates to the evolution of our species, 2) seeing students mature into independent scientists as well as helping to launch new independent research careers, and 3) seeing your work directly benefit families who are struggling to understand their children's illness.

He shared the progress of his scientific career with us, the papers he published and his most important findings.

The grants are designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their careers, when many scientists do their most formative work.

Dr. Albini has spent most of her scientific and academic career in experimental and translational oncology.

Young Albert (played by Johnny Flynn, in the most high - profile role of his young career), is shown struggling with the education system of the 1890s, yearning to make scientific breakthroughs on his own, all the while falling in and out of love.

I believe the only thing that has kept his career afloat until now is his incredible ability to write in the most advanced form of scientific obfuscatory phrasing.

By his own admission, Lovelock has spent most of his career outside of the scientific establishment.

They will miss out twice: first, on an excellent opportunity to increase their understanding of the scientific issues surrounding climate change, especially Dr. Mann's preferred branch, paleoclimatology; and second, a gracefully - written memoir of an academic career unexpectedly subjected to the most intense political rough - and - tumble imaginable.

Not flying is an ongoing challenge as I progress in my scientific career, but I'm finding that I can thrive by doing good work and making the most of regional conferences and teleconferencing.

The survey determines not only the most popular 300 graduate employers in the UK overall, but also the most popular graduate employers in a range of career sectors, including scientific research and development.