A Day In The Life Of A Research Scientist At A Government Agency
A research scientist's day is "pretty fast-paced," involving about half the day in meetings – internal strategy, regulatory writing, and coordination with other states – and the other half dedicated to research on a "range of topics" to support both those meetings and the agency's long-term goals.
Research, Meetings, Regulations, Strategy, Coordination
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Dan Clark
Research Scientist
Government Agency
Rutgers University
SUNY ESF - MS; Rutgers University - PhD; Sam Houston State University - MPA
Environmental & Related Sciences
Government & Public Sector
Research and Development (R&D)
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1. The role involves a fast-paced environment influenced by new legislation, regulations, and scientific discoveries.
2. A significant portion of the day (approximately half) is dedicated to meetings, including internal strategy sessions, regulatory writing, and coordination with other state entities and individuals.
3. The remaining time is spent conducting research on various topics related to the meetings and aligned with long-term goals.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a research scientist look like?
It varies day to day. It's a pretty fast-paced job as legislation or regulations come out, or new science is uncovered.
I'd say in any given day, probably in meetings about half the day. Some of those are internal strategy meetings about where we're going next or doing regulatory writing.
Then some of those are with other states or with other people at our state, coordinating on things. The half of the day I'm not in meetings, usually I'm doing research on any range of topics that are related to those meetings and to support our long-term goals here.
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