PSECCO Conversation Series: Scientific careers in research and academia with Sinéad Farrell
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The PSECCO conversation series provided an informal 1-hour discussion space for early career scientists to explore a topic of interest with a more experienced researcher with considerable success in the topic area. Participants had the opportunity to steer the conversation by submitting topic-related questions prior to the event.
Topic: Scientific careers in research and academia
Description: Participants discussed the differences and similarities between working as a professional track research scientist versus as a tenure-track/tenured faculty member. Sinéad shared her reflection on working in a variety of research and academic positions over the last 15 years. Participants had the opportunity for Q& A and conversed about their career interests, aspirations, and potential concerns they had as they charted their own path in science.
Biography of Sinéad Farrell
Sinéad is an Earth Scientists with technical expertise in remote sensing of Earth's polar oceans. She studies the geophysical processes controlling the seasonal and inter-annual variability of Earth's sea ice. Her work includes fieldwork deployments to the polar regions to calibrate and validate satellite sensor measurements. Dr. Farrell is a principal investigator on the NASA ICESat-2 and NASA/NOAA Ocean Surface Topography Science Teams, and she is a member of the Mission Advisory Group for the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL). Sinéad was a research scientists for over 12 years before she was appointed to the tenured faculty at the University of Maryland as Associate Professor.
Check out these resources that were referenced during the event:
EARTH SCIENCE WOMEN'S NETWORK (ESWN)
Earth and Environmental Science Jobs List: https://eswnonline.org/online/earth-and-environmental-science-jobs/
CRYOLIST
https://lists.cryolist.org/mailman/listinfo/cryolist
CRYOLIST is an email mailing list for the global cryospheric community (snow, ice, glaciers,
permafrost, ocean, geomorphology, climate, etc) for announcements including job
advertisements, high-impact and high-relevance journal postings, obituaries, broad questions,
call-for-papers, conference notifiications, and other such community-relevant communications.
Arctic Info
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS): https://www.arcus.org/arctic-info/search