By: Sofia Rasmussen

As consequence of the “Great Recession,” states across the US have been mired in debt and forced to make dramatic cuts to higher education. As funding for higher education constricts, fewer tenure track academic positions for recent graduates are opening as universities increasingly turn to economically cheaper adjunct and part-time professors to instruct their ballooning classes. Amid this reduction in the demand for PhDs is the fact that the United States is producing a record number of doctorates. The result is a job crisis for PhD candidates that must be addressed. Read More…

This month’s Featured Scientist of the month is PI Raz Zarivach. Dr. Zarivach was interviewed by grad student Chen Guttman who blogs at Benchwise. Read on to learn more about Raz’s experience working with Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath as well as his advice to future postdocs....

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I received this email from a reader who asked me to post this question anonymously so that s/he can receive feedback from other postdocs and professionals. If you have a question that you’d like to pose to the readers of the PostDocs Forum, please don’t hesitate to email thepostdocsoforum [at] gmail.com. All questions will be posted anonymously (unless specified otherwise)....

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PhD Comics takes on the reality of grants and funding:...

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Dr. Veronica Stevens...

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