Life & Physical Sciences

Careers in life and physical sciences encompass a wide range of disciplines — including biology, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental science, and genetics — where professionals conduct experiments, collect data, analyze findings, and contribute to scientific advancements and discoveries that enhance our knowledge of living organisms, natural processes, and the physical universe.

These careers often involve working in research laboratories, academic institutions, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, or healthcare settings, where scientists and researchers address challenges, develop new technologies, and improve human health and the environment.


Pictured above: Megan Mooney ’23 conducts biological research, and finds her career path taking a new direction.

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What Is Research? Types and Methods

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Guide to Working at Pfizer

When you think of Pfizer, you probably think of one of a few blockbuster drugs the company has helped develop. And because pharmaceuticals is the company’s core focus, many people working at Pfizer are, of course, scientists. However, taking a …

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Alumni Connections

Meet Nathaniel >
  • Research Technician I Fred Hutch
Meet Sarah >
  • Slippery Rock, PA
  • Institutional Research Assistant University of Puget Sound
Meet Vale >
  • Seattle, WA
  • Records Clerk Shannon & Wilson
Meet Geneva >
  • Tacoma, WA
  • Train crew, engine crew Chehalis Centralia Railroad and Museum
Meet Craig >
  • Plymouth, MN
  • Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Postdoctoral Fellow CentraCare
Meet Andrew >
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Archives Technician National Park Service
Meet Cara >
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh
Meet Karlyn >

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