Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting
Volume 53, Number 5
Friday–Tuesday, April 11–15, 2008; St. Louis, Missouri
Session E4: Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists |
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Sponsoring Units: FGSA Chair: Meghan Anzelc, Northwestern University Room: Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), Promenade B |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:30PM - 3:40PM |
E4.00001: Scientific Careers in Public Policy Invited Speaker: Congress is built to respond to the will of its constituents. Representatives and their staffs are awash in information. If scientists do not communicate regularly and effectively with Congress, policies requiring sound scientific underpinnings will be ill-crafted. As a panelist, I will represent scientific careers in public policy, and will also address how civic engagement can be woven into the fabric of any career path. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:40PM - 3:50PM |
E4.00002: Life as a PRL Editor Invited Speaker: I will briefly describe my experiences, from getting a PhD in theoretical particle physics and doing a postdoc, to becoming an editor for Physical Review Letters. Then I'll give you a sense of what the PRL job is like. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:50PM - 4:00PM |
E4.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:00PM - 4:10PM |
E4.00004: What I've Learned and Unlearned as a Physical Scientist in the Life Science Industry Invited Speaker: I joined Monsanto in 1996 with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry and a background in photochemistry and supercritical fluids, just as the company was exiting the chemical business. Since then, I experienced a merger into a pharmaceutical company (Pharmacia) and a spinoff into a purely agricultural company, focused on Biotech and Crop Protection. Change of this kind is typical in industrial research. I have found it to be a continuing challenge to decide when to adapt and when to focus on marketing the expertise that I brought into the company. Viewed as a problem in career tactics in a constantly changing technical, business, and organizational landscape, it might seem overwhelmingly difficult. But, as I will discuss, life in industrial research is constantly offering opportunities to provide new answers to the question, ``what should I do with my life?'' Thus, particularly for those who believe that research should serve society, the satisfactions of an industrial research career are deep and varied. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:10PM - 4:20PM |
E4.00005: A Brief Overview of Physicists’ Activities at Boeing Invited Speaker: Dr. Stan Lawton is a Technical Fellow in Materials, Processes and Physics in Boeing's Phantom Works R&D component. In thirty years of aerospace research at McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing, he has worked in areas as diverse as high-energy laser development, materials synthesis and combustion chemistry. Dr. Lawton will briefly discuss his career and some physics-related activities at Boeing. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:20PM - 5:18PM |
E4.00006: Panel Discussion |
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