Career Choices in Marine and Environmental Sciences: Navigating a Sea of Options
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Author(s)
Jungbluth, Sean
Burkhardt, Brian
de Leo, Fabio
Bruno, Barbara
Boiteau, Rene Maurice
Bottjer, Daniela
Date Issued
June 2014
Journal
Oceanography
Publisher
The Oceanography Society
Citation
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).
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Abstract
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.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.35
