Common Careers of Physicists in the Private Sector
Common Careers of Physicists in the
Private Sector
PhDs educated in the U.S. 10-15 years earlier
Statistical Research Center By Roman Czujko and Garrett Anderson
Statistical Research Center
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Common Careers of Physicists in the Private Sector
PhDs educated in the US 10-15 years earlier
Roman Czujko, Director Garrett Anderson, Senior Research Analyst
June 2015 Statistical Research Center American Institute of Physics
AIP Statistical Research Center
Common Careers: Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the American Institute of Physics for funding this important study. Thanks to our colleagues Rachel Ivie, Patrick Mulvey, and Susan White for their valuable input in designing our research strategy and developing the survey questionnaire. Thanks also to our colleague Mark McFarling for his guidance in all things technical, especially programming the web-based questionnaire. Finally, thank you to all the PhD physicists who generously gave their time to share their experiences for this study.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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Highlights of Findings
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Common Types of Careers in the Private Sector
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Cautionary Comments
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Demographic Profile of Respondents
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Chapter 2 Comparisons of Types of Careers across the Private Sector
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Postdoctoral Experience
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Qualitative Measures
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Chapter 3 A Guide to the Profiles of Each Type of Career
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Chapter 4 Physicists Who Were Self-employed
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Chapter 5 Physicists in the Private Sector: Finance
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Chapter 6 Physicists in the Private Sector: Government Contractors
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Chapter 7 Industrially Employed Physicists: Primarily in Engineering
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