Good Choices for Great Careers

The choices that scientists make early in their careers will impact them for a lifetime. I will use the experiences of scientists who have had great careers to identify universal distinguishing traits of good career choices that can guide decisions in education, choice of profession, and job opportunities to increase your chances of having a great career with long-term sustained accomplishments. 

I will describe how the choices made by the scientists with great careers were based on following their passion, building their talents into a strength supporting their profession, and how they identified a supportive, engaging work environment. I will provide some simple guidelines to help guide your choices in school and picking the right job to lead to a rewarding career and a more meaningful life. The topic is important because, so far as I can tell, life is not a trial run - we have one shot to get it right. 

This talk will benefit students, postdocs, and early-career scientists. Join us for an engaging discussion on making choices leading to a great career. 

Bio
https:/sse.tulane.edu/math/faculty/hyman
Mac Hyman is the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Chair in Mathematics at Tulane University, past President of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and an AAAS Fellow. He is the former group leader of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group and coordinated the Los Alamos Applied Mathematics summer student internship program for twenty years.