580 Careers in Biology
The following is a partial list of careers that are available to majors in Biology, Marine Biology, Plant Biology, or Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution. Some require education or training after your bachelor's degree, and some do not. Some resources on the Internet to find out more about careers:
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm --the Occupational Outlook Handbook - detailed information on hundreds of careers, including training, salaries and future employment outlook
- http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/jobs/careeroe.html, a guide to outdoor/environmental careers
- http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html, an online dictionary (what is a palynologist, anyway?)
- http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/msue/Presentations/index.htm, some good presentations on various careers
- http://www.faseb.org/genetics/gsa/careers/bro-menu.htm, careers in genetics
- http://www-marine.stanford.edu/HMSweb/careers.html, careers in marine biology and oceanography
- http://www.centerwatch.com/careers/careers.html, a clinical research job and information service
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Acarologist Actuopalynologist Aerobiologist Agricultural commodity grader Agricultural engineer Agricultural entomologist Agricultural genetic engineering Agricultural inspector Agricultural management Agronomist Agrostologist Algal technician Algologist Allergist Anatomic pathologist Anatomist Andrologist Anesthesiologist Anesthesiologist assistant Animal behaviorist Animal breeder Animal husbandry technician Animal nutritionist Animal pathologist Animal trainer Animal wrangler for film or TV production Aquaculture Aquaculture microbiologist Aquarist Aquarium curator Aquarium laboratory assistant Aquatic botanist Aquatic chemist Aquatic ecologist Arboretum manager Arboriculture Arborist Archaeological palynologist Artificial life modeler Assisted living coordinator Astrobiologist Athletic trainer Audiologist Avian ecologist Avian pathologist Avian veterinarian Aviculturist Bacteriologist Bariatric medicine Behavioral ecologist Behavioral geneticist Behavioral pediatrician Benthic marine ecologist Bioanalyst Bioethicist Biohydrologist Bioinformatics Biological chemist Biological engineering Biological field surveyor Biological materials supplier Biological quality assurance manager Biological systems engineering Biological, medical or scientific illustration Biological warfare research Biomathematician Biomedical engineering Biomedical physics Biometeorologist Biometry Biophysicist Biophotonics Bioprocess technician Biospace Biostatistician Biotechnology research Biotechnology sales Blood bank technician Botanical garden management Botanist Brachiopodologist Brewmaster Bryologist Cardiac rehabilitation specialist Cardiologist Cardiothoracic surgeon Cardiovascular pathologist Cardiovascular technologist or technician Cattle rancher Cell biologist Cell culture technician Cell physiologist Chemotaxonomist Chiropractor Clinical data specialist Clinical laboratory technologist or technician Clinical nutritionist Clinical pharmacologist Clinical research administrator Clinical research associate (pharmaceutical company) Clinical trials director Commercial diver Commercial nursery plant grower Community health nurse Computer-assisted drug design Conservation biologist Conservation planner Consultant pharmacist Consultant in hospital management Consumer safety officer Cooperative extension service worker Coroner Cosmetic product formulation research County agricultural commission Crime lab technician Critical care medicine Critical care nurse Crop science Custom inspector Cytologist Cytopathologist Cytotechnologist Dairy management Dairy quality control Database curator Deep-sea marine biologist Dendochronologist Dental hygienist Dentist Dermatologist Developmental biologist Diagnostic medical sonographer Dietician Dispensing optician Documentary filmmaker Dog trainer Drug discovery Drug supplies coordinator Ecoenterpreneur Economic botanist Ecosystem ecologist Ecosystem modeling Ecotour guide Editor of a scientific journal Educational coordinator (zoos or museums) Educational psychologist Educator at an environmental center Electroneurodiagnostic technologists Embryologist Emergency medical technicians Emergency medicine physician Endocrinologist Endodontist Enologist Entomologist Environmental attorney Environmental biology (public health) Environmental business specialist Environmental consultant Environmental educational specialist Environmental engineer Environmental epidemiologist Environmental health and protection services Environmental impact analyst Environmental journalist Environmental physiologist Environmental planner Environmental policy advisor Environmental Protection Agency Environmental toxicologist Epidemiologist Equine veterinarian Ergonomic consultant Estuarine ecologist Ethnobotanist Ethnomedical pharmacologist Ethologist Evolutionary biologist Evolutionary protistology Exercise physiologist Exotic animal nutritionist Exotic animal training and management Experimental embryologist Experimental pathologist Experimental psychopharmacologist Extension agent (farm advisor) Exterminator Family medicine physician Farmer FBI Special Agent (forensics) Federal plant protection and quarantine officer Fermentation researcher |
Field ecologist Field sampling supervisor Field station manager Fingerprint identification technologist Fire management officer Fish culturist Fish and game molecular biologist Fish and wildlife law enforcement Fishery biologist Fisheries population dynamicist Fisheries statistician Floriculturist Florist Food science Food technologist Forensic entomologist Forensic epidemiologist Forensic odontologist Forensic palynologist Forensic pathologist Forensic psychiatrist Forensic scientist Forensic service technician Forest ecologist Forest economist Forester Forest geneticist Forest products technologist Forestry technician Freelance writer on scientific or environmental issues Fund raiser for environmental organization Game manager Game rancher Gardener Garden seed production Genetic counselor Genetics Geodesist Gerontologist GIS specialist (Geographic Information System) Golf course manager Greenhouse assistant Guide dog trainer Habitat restoration Hand surgeon Hazardous waste manager Head and neck surgeon Health care distributor Health care equipment salesperson Health care law Health care management and administration Health department inspector Health educator Health information administrator Health sciences librarian Health services research Health services surveyor Health systems administration Hematologist Hepatologist Herbalist Herbarium curator Herpetologist Histologic technician Historian of science Homeopathic medicine practitioner Horse breeder Horticultural therapist Horticulturalist Hospice manager Hospital administration Hydrologist Hygienist Ichthyologist Imaging science (medical) Immunogenetics Immunologist Industrial hygienist Industrial quality control Industrial research and development Industrial waste specialist Infectious disease specialist Informational biology Informatics Insect molecular biology Insect quarantine inspector Instructor at children's science camp Intellectual property law Intensive care nurse Internist Interpretive naturalist Invertebrate biologist Journalist on scientific topics Laboratory animal science Laboratory immunologist Landscape contracting Landscape design Licensed practical nurse Lichenologist Limnologist Lobbyist Magazine/newspaper fact checker Mammalogist Manufacturing associate (biotechnology) Mariculturist Marine archaeologist Marine benthic ecologist Marine biologist Marine economist Marine illustrator Marine issues law Marine mammalogist Marine mammal rescue Marine mammal trainer Marine toxicology Massage therapist Maternal and child health (public health) Mathematical biologist MediCal case manager Medical entomologist Medical anthropologist Medical ethics Medical illustrator Medical imaging Medical informatics Medical librarian Medical microbiologist Medical record administrator Medical records technician Medical supply sales Medical transcription Medical writer Medicinal plant cultivator Microbial ecologist Microbiologist Microscopist Midwife Molecular anthropology Molecular biologist Molecular diagnostician Molecular geneticist Molecular neurobiologist Molecular pathology Molecular pharmacology Molecular psychiatry Molecular toxicologist Morphologist Mortician Museum collections manager Museum curator Museum educational director Museum public relations director Mycologist National Park Service Naturalist Natural product chemist Natural resource management Natural resource, energy, and environmental law Nature cartographer Nature center director Nature photographer Nature writer Nematologist Neonatologist Nephrologist Neurobiologist Neuroendocrinologist Neurologist Neurosurgeon Nuclear medicine technologist Nurse Nurse anesthetist Nurse practitioner Nursery manager Nursing home manager Nutritionist Obstetrician/gynecologist Occupational safety and health Occupational therapist Ocean modeler Oceanographer Olericulturist Oncological pharmacologist Oncologist Operating room nurse Ophthalmic medical technologist Ophthalmologist Optometric researcher Optometry Oral biologist Oral pathologist Oral surgeon |
Orchardist Ornithologist Orthodontist Orthopedic surgeon Orthotics and prosthetics Osteologist Osteopathic physician Otolaryngologist Pelagic zoologist Paleobotanist Paleoecologist Paleogenomics Paleolimnologist Paleontologist Paleopalynologist Palynologist Paramedic Parasitologist Park naturalist Park ranger Parks and recreation planning Patent agent Patent attorney Pathologist Patient advocate (hospital) Peace Corps representative Pediatrician Pediatric oncologist Pediatric pharmacotherapy Perfusionist Personal trainer Pesticide researcher Pet psychologist Pet store manager Pet supplies executive Pharmaceutical attorney Pharmaceutical materials sspecialist Pharmaceutical researcher Pharmaceutical sales representative Pharmacist Pharmacogenetics Pharmacogenomics Pharmacokineticist Pharmacologist Phlebotomist Photojournalist Phycologist Physical anthropologist Physical oceanographer Physical therapist Physical therapy instructor Physician Physician assistant Physiological ecologist Physiologist Phytochemist Phytogeographer Phytopathologist Plant anatomist Plantation manager Plant biochemist Plant breeder Plant ecologist Plant explorer Plant hydrologist Plant pathologist Plant pest control inspector Plant physiologist Plant propagator Plant quarantine inspector Plant taxonomist Plastic surgeon Podiatrist Pollen analyst Polychaete researcher Pomologist Population biologist Population geneticist Poultry technologist Producer of educational films Protein purification scientist Protozoologist Psychiatrist Psychotherapeutics Psychotropist Pteridologist Public health worker or researcher Public policy organization Public relations officer for zoos, museums, or environmental organizations Publisher of scientific books Pulmonary medicine Quality assurance tester Radiation safety Radiobiologist Radiological technician Radiologist, Rancher Range conservationist Rangeland management Reconstructive surgeon Recycling plant manager Rehabilitation counselor Research technician or assistant Research vessel captain Researcher for environmental organization Resource manager Respiratory medicine physician Respiratory therapist Restoration ecologist Review course tutor (Kaplan etc.) Rheumatologist Science editor Science librarian Scientific information analyst Scientific photographer Scientific proofreader Scientific supply catalog copywriter Scientific writing and journalism Seed analyst Serologist Sewage treatment plant manager Show dog handler Silviculturalist Small animal veterinarian Social ecologist Soil conservationist Space medicine specialist Sports medicine State fish and wildlife service Structural biologist Supply house purchaser Surgeon Surgical oncologist Surgical technologist Systematist Systems ecologist Taxonomist Teaching at the college level Teaching elementary school Teaching science in middle school Teaching science in high school Technical editor Technical recruiter Technical services representative for biosupply firm Technical writer Technology transfer and patent law Test preparation instructor (for the SAT, MCAT, etc.) Textbook publishing and sales Toxicologist Transfusion medicine Translator of scientific material Travel medicine physician Tropical ecologist Turfgrass culturist Ultrasound technologist Underwater photographer Urologist Vector control specialist Veterinarian Veterinary anatomy Veterinary assistant Veterinary epidemiologist Veterinary geneticist Veterinary pathologist Viticulturist Virologist Vision rehabilitation specialist Vivarium manager Vocational rehabilitation counselor Volunteer coordinator for an environmental or health care organization Waste management Water conservation officer Water pollution investigator Water quality controller Water quality modeller Water quality technician (aquarium) Watershed manager Website design for scientific organizations Wildlife biologist Wildlife conservation Wildlife inspector Wildlife management Wildlife photographer Wildlife refuge manager Wildlife rescue Wood products manager Worker's compensation case manager Xenobiologist Zoo director Zoo geneticist Zookeeper Zoo registrar Zoo veterinarian |
U.S. Government Careers
- Job opportunities with the federal government -- http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
- Department of Agriculture (http://www.usda.gov/)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Food and Nutrition Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Foreign Agricultural Service
Forest Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Department of Commerce (http://www.doc.gov/)
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Protected Resources
Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA)
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - Department of Energy (http://www.energy.gov/)
Office of Health and Environmental Research
Office of Science Education and Technical Information - Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.hhs.gov/)
National Health Information Center
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of Public Health and Science
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of Minority Health Resource Center - Department of the Interior (http://www.doi.gov/)
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
National Biological Service
National Park Service
Environmental damage assessment
Natural resource restoration
Wild Horse and Burro Program - Department of Justice (http://www.usdoj.gov/)
Drug Enforcement Administration
FBI forensic laboratory specialist - Department of Labor (http://www.dol.gov/)
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Department of the Treasury (http://www.ustreas.gov/)
U.S. Customs Service - Job opportunities with the California state government -- http://www.spb.ca.gov/jobsrd.cfm
- Job opportunities with Los Angeles County government - http://lacounty.info/ (go to "general information," then to "job opportunities")
- Job opportunities with the City of Los Angeles -- http://www.cityofla.org/PER/index.htm
- Job opportunities with UCLA -- http://www.ucla.edu/employment.html