
Physicists in the Wild
It might surprise you, but most physics PhD students eventually end up in careers outside of academia. Some leave before graduating, some leave straight after, while others pursue an academic career for years before making the transition. Yet, despite the numbers, current PhD students often find it hard to envision any career beyond the academic horizon. Why? They're simply not exposed to the countless other exciting opportunities available to them.
"Physicists in the Wild" aims to change that.
Join Aggie Branczyk as she interviews physicists who have turned their PhD training into diverse and often unconventional careers. From the corporate world to government, from education to finance, discover the “other” paths traveled by those with graduate training in physics.
Tune in every two weeks to hear the stories of physicists in the wild.
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Aggie works at IBM as a Senior Research Scientist on the Quantum Computational Science team, and the opinions shared in this podcast are her own and are not in any way endorsed by IBM.
Episodes
Jay Lowell - AMO Physics PhD to Chief Scientist in Aerospace

Amir Feizpour - Quantum Optics Postdoc to AI Startup Founder

Cristina Escoda - String Theory PhD to Venture Capital & Angel Investing

Brigette Oakes - Experimental Physics PhD to Director of Propulsion

Riccardo Di Sipio - Particle Physics Postdoc to Senior Machine Learning Developer

Emily Petroff - Astrophysics postdoc to Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships, Grants and Awards

Bety Rodriguez-Milla - Condensed Matter PhD to Software Development

Katiuscia Cassemiro - Quantum Optics Prof to PRX Quantum Editor

Juan Ignacio Cayuso - Cosmology PhD to Data Science

Ekaterina Babourina-Brooks - Quantum Information PhD to Education

Rohan Dalton - Quantum Optics PhD to Software, Data & Fin Tech
