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Career Paths in Research
Research and Teaching, Research and Development, Forensics, Environmental Analysis
Possible Tasks
- You work on your doctoral degree.
- You conduct research in a specific field, such as analytical, medical, theoretical, or physical chemistry.
- You present your research results at international conferences and in scientific publications.
- You create and develop teaching and learning materials.
- You educate students on specialist knowledge, practical skills, and scientific methods.
- You conceptualize and conduct seminars and evaluate student assignments.
- You contribute to the planning of research projects and the raising of external funding.
- You take part in the supervision of bachelor’s and master’s thesis projects as well as doctoral degrees.
- You are responsible for the continuing development of laboratory workflows, quality management, and chemical testing methods.
- You serve as an educator at training events.
- You create commissioned analytical reports.
- You work as a scientist at state or federal agencies or at (international) companies.
Industries and Occupations
- Universities
- Universities of applied science
- Research institutes and companies
- Federal Criminal Investigation Offices
- Federal and state agencies, e.g. in forensic science, environmental agencies, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, official testing laboratories
- (International) companies in the fields of chemistry and pharmaceutics
- Forensics
Job Boards and Professional Associations
- Hochschul-Job.de
- WiLa- Arbeitsmarkt
- Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- Science-Jobs-DE
- Chemie.DE
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Stellenbörse Stepstone
- Stellenbörse „Your Chemistry Career”
- Verband der Chemischen Industrie
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
- Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie
- Verband Chemiehandel
- Verband angestellter Akademiker und leitender Angestellter der chemischen Industrie e. V.
