I know we have quite a few scientists roaming the hallowed halls of MM. I feel like we should all be BFFs or something. So introduce yourselves. What do you do? Feel free to be as vague as you want to.
I am a Ph.D. student, frantically trying to defend this summer because I am starting a tenure-track teaching position at a small liberal arts college this fall. I freaking hate bench work and can't wait to get the hell out of here!
I'm a PhD student as well, working in a virology lab but getting my degree in Biochemistry. I'm a second year - I'll be doing my prelims in August. I feel like all I do is read read read read read read. I should have gone for the masters! Or vet school....
I'm a PhD student as well, working in a virology lab but getting my degree in Biochemistry. I'm a second year - I'll be doing my prelims in August. I feel like all I do is read read read read read read. I should have gone for the masters! Or vet school....
I've been thinking for the past few years that I should have gone for a Pharm.D. instead, because I think I would be good at it and I would have been done in three years. But I think the job market is pretty rough in pharmacy as well.
Post by NachoProblem on May 16, 2012 13:39:18 GMT -5
::Raises hand:: I'm also a PhD student... I'm finishing my 5th year and hoping to defend sometime next year. I have two projects (i.e. two papers that I'm trying to wrap up). I'm also applying for jobs, none of which require a PhD... which makes me feel like all of this is a huge waste of time.... sigh.
Post by keweenawlove on May 16, 2012 13:44:21 GMT -5
I'm an engineering. Can I join the club? I just started my 3rd year as a PhD student in biomedical engineering. My research is in total hip replacments. Right now I see myself staying in academia but who knows what will happen a year or two down the road.
I'm an engineering. Can I join the club? I just started my 3rd year as a PhD student in biomedical engineering. My research is in total hip replacments. Right now I see myself staying in academia but who knows what will happen a year or two down the road.
You don't happen to know about canine hip replacements, do you? Lol.
I'm an engineering. Can I join the club? I just started my 3rd year as a PhD student in biomedical engineering. My research is in total hip replacments. Right now I see myself staying in academia but who knows what will happen a year or two down the road.
Post by cahabalily on May 16, 2012 13:49:05 GMT -5
I'm finishing up my second year in a Plant Science PhD program. My comps are in September. My area of expertise is environmental plant science, and I work specifically with green roofs and bioretention. I enjoy research but my passion is teaching, and am hoping to find a split appointment doing both one day.
Post by dr.girlfriend on May 16, 2012 13:49:45 GMT -5
I do use that line from Ghostbusters on DH every now and again, so I guess I qualify. I have my Ph.D., and I do a combination of clinical and research work.
You don't happen to know about canine hip replacements, do you? Lol.
I know they exist because our collaborators that are scanning some samples for us sent us a canine one by accident. That's about it though. I could probably dig up some info pretty quick if I had to though!
I have my master's. I realized the world of academia was not for me and if I continued, I'd be shutting the door on a lot of opportunities. Sometimes I wish I stayed just to finish it but I know it isn't the path for me so I'm good. I do consider Pharm.D. sometimes but I think at this point it would be a waste of time, energy, and money. I have a really good job and most of the time I like it.
I hate bio (which is probably why I didn't go Pharm.D. years ago) and my experience is mostly environmental and physical.
I'm a geologist. I try to find oil. My specialties are seismic interpretation and sedimentology.
Geologists represent! My specialty is volcanology and planetary geology. I used to work for NASA, taking pictures of Mars, and now I teach at a small private liberal arts college.
Post by donnamartingraduat on May 16, 2012 14:01:18 GMT -5
Can I play? Whether I'm a scientist may be up for debate for some. But I have a PhD in clinical psychology and am in a research career. I should be writing a manuscript right now. Oh well.
Seems like I am in the minority here.. I do not have a PhD and am not in the process.. I got my BS in Biology and started in my company in the Quality Control department (we manufacture ELISA autoimmune assays).. I've moved around through a couple of different departments and now work with the instrumentation labs and hospitals use to run ELISAs and IFA. I do some programming for the instruments, and run our tests with known samples mostly to be sure everything is working correctly. I occasionally will test discrepant customer serum samples as well to try to troubleshoot issues in the field
Can I play? Whether I'm a scientist may be up for debate for some. But I have a PhD in clinical psychology and am in a research career. I should be writing a manuscript right now. Oh well.
Can I play? Whether I'm a scientist may be up for debate for some. But I have a PhD in clinical psychology and am in a research career. I should be writing a manuscript right now. Oh well.
Post by timorousbeastie on May 16, 2012 14:07:35 GMT -5
I'm in my 3rd year as a post-doc, working on cancer research. I am definitely sick of the bench, and in the middle of grant writing hell.
My classmates used to joke while we were working on our PhD that our dream was to get the degree then drop out of science to become a SAHM - that is becoming more tempting with every experiment that doesn't work as planned!
I'm a geologist. I try to find oil. My specialties are seismic interpretation and sedimentology.
Geologists represent! My specialty is volcanology and planetary geology. I used to work for NASA, taking pictures of Mars, and now I teach at a small private liberal arts college.
I find geology fascinating. My work dips into this stuff and I love it.