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anyone with scientific careers?

physicists, geologists, zoologists, astronomers, anything like that? what is the nature of your work?
 
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KLin

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Probably doing scientific type tasks.

damn timewarp :roll: hmm, my clock says 8:11, yet I posted/edited at 8:09?
 
Originally posted by: richardycc
unless you have a ph.d, there is no money in science.
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Unless you invent Optic Camouflage, then you can rub banks while being invisible.

The hard part is actually coming up with a design small enough to invent it. The best bet would be to manufacture a metamaterial that has structural features half the size of the light's wavelength.
 
I do condensed matter research for now. I essentially get paid like a grad student. The work is cool, but not really life-sustaining unless you have a good Ph.D and a good post-doc.

Gonna do an MBA soon.
 
Originally posted by: richardycc
unless you have a ph.d, there is no money in science.
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Nonsense. You can make $50+/hr teaching at a community college/tech school with an MS. A friend of mine makes $40k/yr working 20-25hrs/wk... Sure it's not a baller lifestyle, but she's far, far happier with her job than any of my friends who are pulling in six figs.
 
<--- materials science and engineering

you can go into so many different areas, i really don't know where to begin 😛
most nano stuff falls under materials engineering, metals, ceramics, polymers, biopolymers, biomimetics and biological materials.
FEM/FEA, mechanics of materials, fracture mechanics, processing development, quality control, electronics, and much more

personally, i've worked on ceramics processing and a pseudo quality control (non destructive inspection)

my master's will be on the processing and mechanical properties of a specific class of ceramic matrix composites
 
Mechanical characterization of the lens (the one in your eye!). Involves instrument design, testing mutated mice lenses to look at what causes cataracts, testing pig and human lenses to look for new treatments for presbyopia (reading glasses are 230 years old... we can do better 😛), lots of coding and electronics work, and most of all lots of writing. Of course, I never took a class in my nine years of college that covered anything I do now, but that's the point of getting a PhD - learn how to learn. 😛
 
Originally posted by: alyarb
physicists, geologists, zoologists, astronomers, anything like that? what is the nature of your work?
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My sister in law does neurobiology research. Something to do with eye movements. Her job involves cutting monkey brains in half and then watching how their eyes move.
 
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: alyarb
physicists, geologists, zoologists, astronomers, anything like that? what is the nature of your work?
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My sister in law does neurobiology research. Something to do with eye movements. Her job involves cutting monkey brains in half and then watching how their eyes move.
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Pics?

Remember she is hittable since she is not related.
 
Originally posted by: Newbian
Originally posted by: AreaCode707
Originally posted by: alyarb
physicists, geologists, zoologists, astronomers, anything like that? what is the nature of your work?
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My sister in law does neurobiology research. Something to do with eye movements. Her job involves cutting monkey brains in half and then watching how their eyes move.
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Pics?

Remember she is hittable since she is not related.
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She's married, has a 6 month old. 🙂 Kinda cute in a way but not super hot.
 
Originally posted by: dennilfloss
I was a paleontologist (ichnology) and university lecturer.

A few of my publications, for example:

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http://www.fototime.com/%7BAE5...origpict/tryptique.jpg
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damn. so you published in 1989, are a cyndi lauper fan, and have a 939 K8. i'm gonna say that you're 36. what do you do now?
 
Published my first paper in 83. I retired from research in 1992 due to chronic fatigue syndrome and I'm now 52.
 
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