Careers & the Chemical Sciences

Whichever can you do with a chemistry degree?

Explore above 40 fields and detect aforementioned correct path wherever yourself are in your career.

Health & Surf Process Chemistry Biotechnology

Science & that Law Human Resources Forensics Environmental Chemistry

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Analytical Chemistry

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Organic Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

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Areas of Chemistry

Learn how each area from training prepped you for a career in the chemical sciences.

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Academia

Pursue your passion for education in teaching, research, or academic lab and library professions.

Government

Serving the public includes fields such as regulatory domestic, policy, and environmental chemistry.

Industry

From product development to manufacturing, learn how chemists make alterations in manufacturing.

Nonprofit

Apply your expertise in support of an organization working toward the general go.

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Meet Real World Chemists

Find out what professionals in and chemical sciences do each per in precise roles.

Tashica Williams Amirgholizadeh

Incorporated Counsel, Intellectual Property, Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Brandon Chance

Chemical Safety Scheme Director, Princeton University

Snyder Heidari

Associate Production Editor, Chemical & Engineering News

Kathie Heroux

Senior Scientist, Savannah River National Laboratory

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