Career Exploration - Natural Inquirer

Nursery and Restoration Specialist

Agriculture Biology

A person who works with government, nonprofit, and private groups to provide technical assistance on nursery and restoration projects.

Nursery Manager

Agriculture Biology

A person who manages the projects of a nursery, like growing seedlings for restoration projects.

Ornithologist

Biology

A scientist who studies birds.

Outreach Education Coordinator

Outreach and Education

A professional who is responsible for creating educational programs, promoting them to the public and their partners, and collaborating with partners to further their organizations goals.

Paleontologist

Geology History

A scientist who studies fossils, and the rocks in which fossils occur, to understand how ancient organisms lived.

Partnership Coordinator

Outreach and Education

A professional who facilitates collaboration between their organization and its partners or potential partners.

Partnership Liaison

Outreach and Education

A professional who builds relationships with individuals, organizations, agencies, and private groups. They work with the communities, partners, and volunteers to get people involved with their organization and its goals.

Patent Attorney

Law and Law Enforcement

An attorney who works with others on their technical developments/inventions to determine if they should be patented. Patents are used as a way to transfer the technology to the American public.

Pediatrician

Biology Health Care

A doctor who specializes in caring for babies and children.

Physical Geographer

Geography

A scientist who studies the exterior physical features and changes of the Earth.

Physical Scientist

Chemistry Geography Geology

A scientist who studies nonliving materials. This could include physics, chemistry, and astronomy.

Physician-Scientist

Biology Health Care Social Science

A research scientist who is also a medical doctor.

Planetary Scientist

Chemistry Geology History

A scientist who studies the planets, moons, and other bodies in our solar system and beyond. They archive data collected by spacecraft missions over the last 70 years, from Sputnik to Artemis, to ensure the data will be available well into the future.

Plant Ecologist

Ecology

A scientist who studies the relationship of plants with one another and with their living and nonliving environment.

Plant Ecophysiologist

Biology

A scientist who studies how the environment, both physical and biological, interacts with the physiology of an organism, including the effects of climate and nutrients on physiological processes, or normal functioning, in plants.