Surviving early career research and beyond in biophysics/biological physics: a concise user guide
Surviving early career research and beyond in biophysics/biological physics: a concise user guide
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在生物物理学/生物物理学的早期职业研究及其他领域生存：简明用户指南
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10.1088/1478-3975/ac7373
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发表时间：
2022
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Leake M
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Leake M
早期职业研究人员（ECR）的发展是一个动态的挑战，紧张的冲动进行突破性的研究对建立一个可接受的工作保障水平的最终实际愿望。ECR没有典型的职业道路，尤其是在生物物理学/生物物理学领域。在物理-生命科学界面上明确跨学科，通过不同的家庭学术机构和部门为多种职业轨迹提供了更多的机会，并在非学术部门提供了更广泛的替代未来职业轨迹。也就是说，存在一些关键的共同特征，例如定期博士后合同的短暂性、这些合同带来的实质性研究和国内挑战，以及就业市场竞争现实往往带来的压倒性压力。在这篇简短的文章中，我概述了ECR在这一领域面临的主要挑战，并讨论了管理和克服这些挑战的简单策略。为了突出讨论，我从英国的具体范例中汲取，然而，关键指南适用于全球生物物理学/生物物理学中的所有ECR。
Early career researcher (ECR) development is a dynamic challenge that tensions the urge to perform ground-breaking research against an ultimate practical aspiration of establishing an acceptable level of job security. There is no typical career path for an ECR, least of all in the area of biophysics/biological physics. Being explicitly interdisciplinary across the physical-life sciences interface presents more opportunities for a multiplicity of career trajectories through different home academic institutions and departments, as well as offering a broader range of alternative future career trajectories in non-academic sectors. That said, there are key common features, such as the transient nature of fixed-term postdoctoral contracts, the substantial research and domestic challenges that these present, and the often overwhelming pressures of the realities of competition in the job market. In this short article, I outline the key challenges to ECRs in this area and discuss simple strategies to manage and potentially overcome them. To highlight discussion, I draw from specific exemplars in the UK, however, the key guide applies globally to all ECRs in biophysics/biological physics.