Research Chemist

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WHAT YOU DO: A research chemist is a scientist who studies the many of the different properties of organic and man-made substances to learn how they react with each other, then applies this information to develop new and better ways to use them.
EDUCATION: A graduate degree - preferably a Ph.D. - is almost always necessary. While working towards this degree, you'll learn about chemistry, advanced math, and the technology needed for chemical experimentation plus get some research experience.
USEFUL SKILLS: Research skills, computer skills, complex problem-solving skills, creativity, and attention to detail.
HOW TO GET IN: Get involved with research projects run by professors at your school.
CAREER PATH: Spend your time as an undergrad working on research projects to gain some experience doing lab research. Then, while you're working towards your postgrad degrees, find an internship or small job working at a research lab or company and work under a more experienced chemist. After finishing school, you can use your research experience to find work as a research chemist, either at a grant-funded research lab or at a company developing new and improved products.
PAYBACK: Median annual salary: $69,760.
DOWNSIDES: Requires lots of education and experience.
FUTURE OF JOB: The number of jobs is expected to increase 3%-9% in the 2010 decade, which is slower than average, but opportunities for Ph.D. chemists are expected to grow more quickly.
NETWORKING: The American Chemical Society offers information about education, research, and careers:
portal.acs.org/...
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[@salahbak7531]

i wish to be an researcher chemist. it's my dream job I've graduated as a chemist in Damascus university in 2017 but i couldn't continue studying master degree because of war. please wish me luck before Christmas .

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howd it go?

[@russelmiller7311]

That's one of best career as scientists I think. They probe for unknowns and make them known, then apply them. Drug design needs them.

[@sashanealand8315]

Cool! Love yr video, I'm a 4th year PhD student of chemistry and went back to grad school after working in industry with a BS as a researcher for a long time and then taking an almost 10 year break to do some totally different stuff. Then I had a research idea I wanted to try out and went back to grad school to do it. I love research in the lab and the instruments and doing my own experiments and project and totally agree about believing in your project and that you are adding to human knowledge is essential to driving a scientists passion in the lab because there are a lot repetitive tasks in research that would be just boring without the dream behind them. The permanent academics are true weirdos though!

[@cadnap]

Fair play to you man, your work is making a difference to the world. I always loved chemistry, biological and always had high grades at school in them subjects but being dyslexic I struggled at mathematics and English, schooling in general. I always wanted to work in the laboratory working with chemicals but knowing that I failed at school I thought there'd be no way that I'll ever be a scientist, you make it sound like there's hope.

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You can do it man!

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what can you do with an associates degree in chemistry

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I like to became a chemistry scientist.If you can give the suggestion to me, I will be as a scientist.if you don't mind,could u give?how can I do it

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Hi, why did he say that those guys who do something else and come back later for science are one of the best scientist? Anyone

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[@goddessmodel]

is this blue collar or white collar work?

[@joshpozniak918]

goddessmodel whatever you define requiring at the very least a bachelors degree type of work.

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Gold-collar

[@lalmama8252]

can I be a nuclear chemist if I didn't take biology (I take computer science)

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no, you will never go anywhere without biology you might as well work in retail

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