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Beatrice
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How do you become a Physicist or Scientist?
How do you become a professor or scientist under an institution? Do they invite you to become one? Or do you apply? And if you do apply, exactly how? #science #physics #astronomy
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Roger Johnston
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Hi, B! Good question.
Usually you apply, kind of like any job. If you have become famous in your field after some time, a college or research institution might try to recruit you, but this is very rare for people early in their careers (and rare even for people well into their careers).
Ads for teaching or research positions can be found in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Physics Today, all kinds of trade journals that can be found in a good college or university library, etc. Ask your local librarian to help you find job ads for scientists and professors, just to get an idea of all the different fields that people work in. Also, you can go to the employment or HR webpage of any major college or university to see job ads for faculty and researchers.
If you go to graduate school in the sciences or engineering (which is great fun!), you can do research even before you get a permanent job. This is the usual route to getting a really good job in engineering, physics, or other sciences.
Usually you apply, kind of like any job. If you have become famous in your field after some time, a college or research institution might try to recruit you, but this is very rare for people early in their careers (and rare even for people well into their careers).
Ads for teaching or research positions can be found in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Physics Today, all kinds of trade journals that can be found in a good college or university library, etc. Ask your local librarian to help you find job ads for scientists and professors, just to get an idea of all the different fields that people work in. Also, you can go to the employment or HR webpage of any major college or university to see job ads for faculty and researchers.
If you go to graduate school in the sciences or engineering (which is great fun!), you can do research even before you get a permanent job. This is the usual route to getting a really good job in engineering, physics, or other sciences.
Ken Simmons
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Ken’s Answer
Hi Beatrice!
You ask a question about some very interesting area!
These sites will tell you about application physics:
http://www.aps.org/programs/women/
http://mkaku.org/home/articles/so-you-want-to-become-a-physicist/
http://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/
These sites will tell you about application of science:
http://www.awis.org/?WhoWeAre
http://sciencecouncil.org/about-us/10-types-of-scientist/
Best of luck. Send thank you notes to those who help you. Keep me posted. I would like to follow your progress.