Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options
The world of science continues to train and grant degrees to an abundance of eager young investigators, yet the number of tenure-track positions in oceanography and related fields is not increasing. Nevertheless, academic institutions and scientific research programs still largely emphasize academic...
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| author | Jungbluth, Sean Burkhardt, Brian de Leo, Fabio Bruno, Barbara Boiteau, Rene Maurice Bottjer, Daniela |
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| description | The world of science continues to train and grant degrees to an abundance of eager young investigators, yet the number of tenure-track positions in oceanography and related fields is not increasing. Nevertheless, academic institutions and scientific research programs still largely emphasize academic careers for PhD recipients. Rarely do graduate programs explicitly provide information on, or preparation for, careers outside of the university setting. Here, we describe a series of four workshops on careers and networking that were organized and led by graduate students and postdocs from the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE). This grassroots effort allowed young scientists to sculpt and organize the information and training sought by their peers. As these efforts were highly successful, we recommend that graduate students at other academic institutions consider using this approach. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/896552022-10-01T12:00:30Z Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options Jungbluth, Sean Burkhardt, Brian de Leo, Fabio Bruno, Barbara Boiteau, Rene Maurice Bottjer, Daniela Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Boiteau, Rene Maurice The world of science continues to train and grant degrees to an abundance of eager young investigators, yet the number of tenure-track positions in oceanography and related fields is not increasing. Nevertheless, academic institutions and scientific research programs still largely emphasize academic careers for PhD recipients. Rarely do graduate programs explicitly provide information on, or preparation for, careers outside of the university setting. Here, we describe a series of four workshops on careers and networking that were organized and led by graduate students and postdocs from the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE). This grassroots effort allowed young scientists to sculpt and organize the information and training sought by their peers. As these efforts were highly successful, we recommend that graduate students at other academic institutions consider using this approach. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (EF04-24599) 2014-09-16T19:40:27Z 2014-09-16T19:40:27Z 2014-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 10428275 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89655 Bottjer, Daniela, Sean Jungbluth, Rene Boiteau, Brian Burkhardt, Fabio de Leo, and Barbara Bruno. “Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options.” Oceanography 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2014). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4127-4417 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.35 Oceanography Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf The Oceanography Society The Oceanography Society |
| spellingShingle | Jungbluth, Sean Burkhardt, Brian de Leo, Fabio Bruno, Barbara Boiteau, Rene Maurice Bottjer, Daniela Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title | Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title_full | Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title_fullStr | Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title_full_unstemmed | Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title_short | Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options |
| title_sort | career choices in marine and environmental sciences navigating a sea of options |
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