tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post8317492032705190730..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Postdoc PrestigeFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-9503347836191762112013-03-26T14:18:05.900-05:002013-03-26T14:18:05.900-05:00If you're planning to teach at a PUI, someone ...If you're planning to teach at a PUI, someone from a national lab would probably be at a disadvantage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-6778575206265923772013-03-16T10:43:46.188-05:002013-03-16T10:43:46.188-05:00Eli has heard this from post docs at a national la...Eli has heard this from post docs at a national lab esp for positions at R1s.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-27623340281666716192013-03-14T20:04:34.077-05:002013-03-14T20:04:34.077-05:00I've heard of someone (interviewing in academi...I've heard of someone (interviewing in academia while a national lab postdoc) being asked "why did you decide to leave the national lab" as though they had planned to stay there forever, in contrast to academic postdocs who presumably planned to go to academia. I think this is rare, though. I should mention that my experience is it's a slight to moderate negative if you appear to have randomly/suddenly decided to go to academia and haven't been planning it for years. So, to the extent that some people think that postdocs at national labs are primarily a pathway to full time positions at national labs, it could be a slight negative or an extra question to answer. In real life, it depends highly on the national lab whether postdocs are expected to stay. This is the case at some, but at others, if you wanted a permanent position it would be easier to just apply for it directly without doing a postdoc.Tinkering Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585761270577910300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-14191193721753383892013-03-14T10:00:14.517-05:002013-03-14T10:00:14.517-05:00I am a biomedical scientist and thus national labs...I am a biomedical scientist and thus national labs are less prominent in my field but not unheard of, and I guess NIH intramural would be similar. For our department, the thing that trumps everything is what you accomplished. Your publications, the quality of your work, your research plan, and the letters you receive are all that counts--I know great scientists who trained at all sorts of places.<br /><br />Mark P<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-83945673738091310632013-03-14T07:23:28.859-05:002013-03-14T07:23:28.859-05:00I concur with FSP. I've been on many search c...I concur with FSP. I've been on many search committees in my department and I've never seen the location of the postdoc position mentioned as an advantage or disadvantage. Which is almost unusual when I think about it, given the number of other things that seem to be a factor (even if they shouldn't be).a physicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795655141660959996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-15994816033110738402013-03-14T06:32:05.010-05:002013-03-14T06:32:05.010-05:00In my experience, the university (company, nationa...In my experience, the university (company, national-laboratory) that a postdoc comes from is entirely meaningless. The PI one worked for, however, is not meaningless at all. Who the postdoc worked with trumps completely where the postdoc worked.<br /><br />At the point of hiring to faculty, the number of potential people working in a field is so small (even being generous with a large field there are maybe a hundred faculty working in any given field, most fields there are a few dozen) that we would go by PI not by university.<br /><br />And the postdocs actual publication record trumps all of that completely anyway.qaznoreply@blogger.com