Career Exploration

A scientist who studies the areas around rivers and streams, known as riparian zones.

A scientist that translates science into terms that non-scientists can understand.

A person responsibility for overseeing the projects at a seed extractory, including extracting, testing, and storing seeds and providing seeds for a variety of uses.

A person responsible for maintaining and supplying seeds for a particular project.

An experienced scientist who conducts field studies to understand the relationship of living things with each other and the nonliving environment.

This professional provides support for research grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other awards involving money to make sure that all regulations are properly followed.

A scientist studies the care and growth of forest and trees.

Trained wildland firefighters who parachute into fires to help suppress them. Smokejumpers can travel by parachutes, helicopters, vehicles, or foot to be as efficient at fighting wildland fires as possible. Most smokejumpers are highly trained firefighters who have had years of experience.

This scientist assists social scientists as they study the values, opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and actions of individuals and groups of people.

A scientist who studies the values, opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and actions of individuals and groups of people.

A scientist who studies society, social institutions, and social relationships.

A scientist who studies the interactions between the biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components of soils.

A scientist who studies the interaction among soils, water resources, ecosystem productivity, and biodiversity to ensure sustainable landscapes.

A scientist who studies the diverse groups of organismsin soil, their functions, and their effect on soil structure, soil properties, and plant growth. 

A scientist who studies soils.

A highly trained professional who investigates crimes.

A scientist who studies caves and the environments in which caves occur.

A scientist who translates scientists’ hypothesis and word problems into a few equations that help further our understanding of the world we live in.

A scientist who uses statistical tools to design data collection plans, analyze data, graph data, and help solve real-world problems in business, engineering, the sciences, or other fields.

A person who oversees all contracts for supplies, services, construction, and architect and engineering services for a region, organization, or research station.