What chemistry grads do in Academia

RacinReaver
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:25:31 +0000

I’ve seen this at the lab where I work. Over the past decade, PI positions have declined by 25%, technical positions have shifted from permanent to temporary, and PIs compete for sufficient funding to hire post docs.



I think one of the biggest problems is the seeming disappearance of a lot of industrial research labs where PhDs could find opportunities without having to be in academia. It seems like so many companies nowadays are only focused on getting sales up today or appeasing stock holders or what not they don’t want to have a long term vision for how the company can maintain a strong market advantage well into the future.