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Find the career path that suits you!
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Think that studying physics at university only limits you to a career in research? Think again. Your physics training gets you further than you think.
Explore the different career pathways physics could possibly lead you on by reading the career profiles of physics graduates. We feature a different physics graduate each month in our monthly AIP newsletter bulletin. Some are also featured in our quarterly Australian Physics magazine.
From post-war downturn to ‘renaissance’ of the 60s: a life focused on optics
Emeritus Professor Ross C McPhedran – Lifetime Fellow of the AIP
“I opted to do Physics, despite being told I was mad. It was a time when physicists were begging in the streets as there was a downturn in demand for physicists, due to weapons treaties between the US and the USSR,” says AIP Lifetime Fellow, Ross McPhedran.
Ross’ career then joined the ‘renaissance’ of optics “partly due to the invention of the laser and its emerging applications like holography and metrology,” he says.
Read more about Ross’ career highlights and tips.
Would you like to share how physics shaped your career? Or nominate someone you know with a career path that grew from physics?
Email aip@aip.org.au to be considered for our 2023 #PhysicsGotMeHere profiles.
Building and managing supercomputers that process seismic data: Read Dr Stuart Midgely's profile here. |
Co-founding and being CEO of a lab instrument company: Read Prof Daniel Shaddock's profile here. |  EpidemiologyApplying non-linear dynamical systems theory to infectious disease data: Read Dr James McCaw's profile here. |
Government
Computing
Creating documentation for hydroacoustic data analysis software: Read Dr Vasaant Krishnan's profile here. |
Analysing labour market trends for the Department of Education: Read Dr Sarah Midgley OAM's profile here. |
Overseeing the daily running of the AIP, including managing finances: Read Nicole Reynolds' profile here. |
Performing physics comedy and being a comms advisor: Read Rachel Rayner's profile here. |
Technical writing
Education
Operations
Science communication
Establishing and maintaining patents for innovative research and work: Read Dr Phil Burns' profile here. |
Specialising in diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapy: Read Dr Shermiyah Rienecker's profile here. |
Treating unwell children in a paediatric intensive care unit: Read Dr Rebecca Pearce's profile here. |
Guiding banks to secure themselves against cyber threats: Read Sarah Lugay's profile here. |
Patent law
Medical physics
Medicine
Cyber securityYou could also have a career in Data Analysis, Regulation/Quality monitoring, Veterinary Medicine, Philosophy, Training, Visual Effects, and more.
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