Traditional careers development

If you want to teach, contribute to knowledge in an open intellectual atmosphere, do basic research, and disseminate your teaching and research ideas, then the answer is academia. If, on the other hand, you want to only do research (i.e., not teach and educate/mentor students), or you want to pursue translation and application of your ideas, applying those ideas to product development, manufacturing, marketing, and so on, then the answer is industry. Of course, there are many other traditional and non-traditional career categories to consider, many of which this book superbly lays forth. 

Madhavan, Guruprasad, Barbara Oakley, and Luis G. Kun, eds. Career Development in Bioen neering and Biotechnology. New York Springer, 2008. An extensive guide to careers in bioengineering, biotechnology, and related fields, written by active practitioners. Covers both traditional and alternative job opportunities. 

The first, (bottom left) quadrant is where generic management skill development is integrated with a focus upon individual career development. This is traditionally... 

Scholarly activity is typically defined by the priorities of the individual institution. Some institutions may accept pedagogical development work as scholarly activity within the parameters of tenure and/or promotion portfolios. Other institutions may only accept results from the more traditionally defined research programs for similar decisions. The practice of green chemistry allows scientists at all types of institutions to further their careers in ways that enhance the mission of their own institutions. The focus of this section is on scholarly work in the development of green educational materials and on the connection between the development of these materials and the professional enhancement of faculty researchers. 

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