In my on going series of post about jobs of the future, I have looked into my crystal ball to ponder other emerging career paths of the future. For all you newly credentialed college grads here are some more careers you may need to focus your future studies on.
Quantum Biologist/Bioinfomatics Scientist
Though relatively established as an academic and career track, these fields are still emerging and will only prove more important as advances in medicine continue. In 10-15 years they will enviably merge. At the molecular level and below more and more research is discovering quantum effects. There are many courses offered already across many institutions dealing in the area of Quantum Biology. Our depth of knowledge will continue to require data collection on these biological effects and the computational and analytical capacity to model them. With the advent of quantum computers , with their inherit ability to simulate the world at the quantum mechanical level, a quantum biologist needs the skill set to build these simulations and make sense of them. Quantum Information Scientist will build these quirky tools and Quantum Biologist will utilize these tools to delve deeper into nature and discover new things. Areas of study required: Quantum physics, thermal dynamics, quantum and classical computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, biochemistry, chemistry,biophysics, molecular biology, genetics, ecology, evolution and anatomy. Basically a you’ll need to be Pre-Med student with bachelors degrees in both computer science and theoretical physics. Good Luck.
Current positions available:
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– Computational Biologist – Cofactor Genomics Bioinformatics – St. Louis, MO
– Postdoctoral Fellowship – Computational Biology/Bioinformatics-NIH – Raleigh-Durham, NC
Who will hire you?
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– Governments
– Hospitals
– Pharmaceutical Companies
– Agricultural Businesses
– Universities
Next up, what are the course loads going to look like with these future career paths? Stay tuned.