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Physicist-Businessperson Duality

January 14, 2015 Matthew Thompson 2

Once you graduate and cease being a student, you will enter the world of business. Here I mean “business” in its fundamental sense: creating something […]

Bridging The Valley of Graduate School

January 11, 2015 Matthew Thompson 0

The average physics PhD student takes 6.3 years to graduate.  That is a long time.  For most, graduate school starts on a high note.  The […]

Understanding What You Want

December 21, 2014 Matthew Thompson 0

The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes gift giving and the inevitable question, “What do you want?” I have struggled with that […]

Physicists, Marines, and the Art of Doing

December 7, 2014 Matthew Thompson 0

“Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome” Those of you with a connection to the United States Marine Corps will recognize the above words as one of their […]

Your Advisor is Not Your Mentor

October 13, 2014 Matthew Thompson 0

If you had asked me during graduate school what the difference between an “advisor” and a “mentor” was, I would have said they were synonymous. […]

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Matthew Thompson is a physicist and leader who has worked in academia, national labs, and private industry.  He has learned a lot of career lessons along the way and likes to share them in the interest of building a prosperous community of physical scientists. Read More

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