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This is a list of science and science-related occupations, which include various scientific occupations and careers based upon scientific research disciplines and explorers.
Life science
- Biologist
- Biomedical scientist
- Botanist
- Clinical pharmaceutical scientist
- Herpetologist
- Medical laboratory scientist
- Microbiologist
- Neuroscientist
- Physician
- Veterinarian
- Zoologist
Applied science
- Aeronautical engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Chemical engineer
- Civil engineer
- Computer engineer
- Educational technologist
- Electrical engineer
- Engineering technician
- Engineering technologist
- Mechanical engineer
- Petrochemical engineer
Formal science
- Computational scientist
- Mathematician – A person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics, a field informally defined as being concerned with numbers, data, collection, quantity, structure, space and calculus.
Statistics
General scientific occupations
- Forensic scientist
- Gentleman scientist – A financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby
- Government scientist
- Healthcare science
- Hiwi – A German abbreviation for "assistant scientist"
- Inventor
- Psychologist
- Research fellow
- School science technician
- Science attaché – A member of a diplomatic mission (usually an embassy) that focuses on scientific and technical matters
- Scientist
Natural science
- Archaeologist
- Astronaut
- Astronomer
- Biochemist
- Biologist
- Chemist
- Ecologist
- Forester
- Geographer
- Naturalist
- Oceanographer
- Paleontologist
- Pathologist
Physical science
Earth science
Social science
See also
References
- Paul D. Ellner (2006). The Biomedical Scientist as Expert Witness. ASM Press. ISBN 1555813453.
- Seels, B. B., & Richey, R. C. (1994). Instructional technology:The definition and domains of the field. Washington, DC:AECT.
- "Mathematicians". Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. March 29, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- forensic scientist
- J.C. Segen (1992). Dictionary of modern medicine. p.246. ISBN 1850703213
- Robert L. Loftness, Why Science Attachés?, 80 The Scientific Monthly 124 (1955).
- Isaac Newton (1687, 1713, 1726). " Rules for the study of natural philosophy", Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Third edition. The General Scholium containing the 4 rules follows Book 3, The System of the World. Reprinted on pages 794-796 of I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman's 1999 translation, University of California Press ISBN 0-520-08817-4, 974 pages.
- Weaver, Nancy (2002). "Ecologist". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- Kirby, Kate; Czujko, Roman; Mulvey, Patrick (2001). "The Physics Job Market: From Bear to Bull in a Decade". Physics Today. 54 (4): 36. Bibcode:2001PhT....54d..36K. doi:10.1063/1.1372112.