Alternative Careers for Science PhDs – Part IV: Biodefense

Author : Meghan Mott

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Applying your scientific expertise to preserve national security Postdocs in the life sciences: the time to assess career goals is now. It’s easy to get comfortable in daily science, but we must be proactive in our career development! Competition for academic jobs is fierce in a market flooded with PhDs, and the odds are against us getting tenure-track positions. Thus, it’s imperative to explore the world outside academia, where opportunities exist that you may have never considered. Depending on your interests, careers in science writing, regulatory affairs, or science policy are viable options. If you want to work in a highly influential and multidisciplinary field aimed at protecting national security, a career in biodefense may be ideal.