Conveners
RT3 YM Roundtable – Career in Physics
- Araceli Venegas-Gomez (QURECA, United Kingdom)
- Milena Simić (Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Serbia)
With this talk, Dr. Enrique Sánchez would like to give an inspirational view about professional activities and opportunities for physicists outside academia based on his personal experiences, putting special focus on the science policy activity, where he develops his professional career representing the European Physical Society in Brussels.
Metamaterials and nanoplasmonics bridge the gap between conventional optics and the nanoworld. Exciting and technologically important capabilities range from subwavelength focusing and stopped light to invisibility cloaking, with applications across science and engineering from biophotonics to nanocircuitry. In the talk, we shall present past and recent advances in this exciting field,...
First I shall discuss possibilities and choices after being awarded the bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degree in physics or applied physics. I shall talk about advantages and disadvantages of different career paths and illustrate the relationship between job security and personal freedom for the various categories. After giving tips on how to decide, I shall focus on a career in academia, where...
