Alumni: Alumni Careers
Training in physics constitutes broad preparation for a variety of
career options. Before he left his professorship to seek political
office Representative Vernon Ehlers, the only Ph.D. physicist in the
U.S. Congress, was fond of saying that physicists are omnicompetent.
That might be putting it a little too strongly, but the diversity of
occupations our majors have entered over the past 40 years is
impressive. Here is a list, which first appeared in Physics
Today.
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Accounting and auditing
Bill collector
Partner
Architecture
Architect and builder
Senior vice president
Armed forces
Air Force physicist
Banking and finance
Controller
Economic advisor
Finance manager
Portfolio manager
Senior analyst
Vice president
Business: General
Manager-Network Systems
Communications:
Printed media
Managing editor-magazine
Computer
Actuarial analyst
Director-academic computing
Director-engineering
Director-operations
Owner-computer business
Production manager
Project programmer analyst
Software engineer
Technical advisor
Technical consultant
Technical staff member
Vice president for development
Construction
Executive vice president
Electronics technician
Consulting
Assistant vice president
Department manager
Management
Distribution:
Retail and wholesale
President
Education:
Program representative
Senior educator--
science museum
Educator--science museum
Teacher-religion
Teacher-mathematics
Education: Higher
Assistant professor-astronomy
Assistant professor-imaging sci.
Associate professor-humanities
Lecturer-school health science
Professor-applied science/engineering
Professor-astrophysics
Professor-law
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Professor-mathematics
Professor-mathematics and
computer
science
Professor-philosophy
Professor-physics (7)
Research assistant-history
Education: Primary
Teacher
Education: Secondary
Teacher- Computer
Math &
Science (4)
Physics (10)
High school
Science
Engineering
Aerospace engineer
Bioengineering (2)
Chief scientist
Civil engineer
Energy efficiency
Engineer-university lab
Manager
Research and development
Sound engineer
Staff hydrologist
Entertainment
Gaffer-lightning director
Performing artist
Environment
Director of radiation safety
Government: Federal
Associate director-observatory
Minister of science (South Africa)
Science Policy
Government: Local
Police officer
Health care: General
Veterinarian
Insurance
Vice president and actuary
Law
Attorney-patent law
Attorney-private practice
Broadcast regulation
Law enforcement
Forensic Science
Manufacturing
Director of Operations
Engineer
Manager
Medicine
Cardio and thoracic surgeon
Cardiology fellow
Family medicine-GP
Internist
Neurosurgeon
Orthopedic surgeon
Pathologist
Physicist-research institute
Pulmonary physician
Research scientist-immunology
Vascular surgeon
Peace Corps (2)
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Nobel laureate
Physics 1993 (Joe Taylor)
Pharmaceutical
Research assistant
Physics
Air pollution control specialist
Artist-physicist
Astronomer
Astrophysicist-Smithsonian
Atmospheric physicist
Computational physicist
Educator
Manager-advanced systems
Medical physicist
Optical physicist
Project manager
R&D; physicist
Radiological
Researcher-Naval Res. Lab
Research reactor
Scientist-Plasma Fusion Center
Space scientist
Surface physicist
Systems analyst
Technical staff member
Vice pres.- Protection apparatus
Publishing
Editor
President-periodicals
Religion
Researcher
Science Journalism (2)
Scientific research
Advanced silicon technician
Bioinformatics research (2)
Engineer at research center
Laboratory technician, genetics
Mechanical engineering
Molecular diagnostician
National laboratory scientist
Pharmaceutical labs
R&D-clinical; products
X-ray microscopist
Students-PhD candidate
Astronomy (6)
Atmospheric science
Biophysics
Computer science
Electrical engineering
Material science
Mathematics
MD/PhD (3)
Mechanical engineering
Medicine(2)
Meteorology
Philosophy of science
Physics (16)
Religion
Writing
Technical writer
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