Industry, Academia, or National Lab Post-Doc

[Modey3]

Hello,

I am wondering if anybody has any advice on which direction is better for somebody who hopes to work as a tenured university professor. I am a PhD candidate in Material Science. My work is 70% experimental (ion implantation, SEM,Auger, and XPS) and 30% computational (ab-initio, and MD modeling). What do universities prefer? Thanks.

Best Regards

Modey3

 

[ZapperZ]

A postdoc is a postdoc. Grab 'em while you can no matter where.

The only difference being that, on average, the postdoc appointment at National Labs tends to have higher pay than universities.

Zz.