Career Profiles

Igor Lovchinsky, who has already had a notable career as a professional pianist, is now directing his energy toward physics

Visa anxieties and communication barriers can keep international researchers from speaking up about workplace conflicts and other problems

Rachael Allbritten and Aaron Manka started off pursuing academic research careers, but they ended up investigating research crimes

A Spanish couple tells how they became scientists by day and socially committed actors by night.

As an institution’s chief detective for enforcing research ethics, the research integrity officer must blend investigative, bureaucratic, and scientific skills

For meteorologist Elena Stautzebach and the rest of the overwintering staff, finding adventure is part of the daily routine

Australian postdoc Lachlan Gray is working at the crossroads of virology and neurology to combat HIV brain infection

Mary Czerwinski, a cognitive psychologist, has spent her career doing both basic and applied research in the technology industry

Hard work, early independence, and playfulness were instrumental in Nobel laureate Tim Hunt’s success

New online tools are making it easier for scientists to share data and other resources

For new Ph.D. graduates, an academic startup might make sense—especially if they’re in it for the experience

Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner attributes his career success to luck, but we think that other factors were involved

Meteorologist Elena Stautzebach will spend more than a year at the German research base Neumayer-Station III, in Antarctica

This week we introduce Working Life, a weekly column in Science produced by Science Careers.

Working-class students and faculty face disadvantages, but mentoring and resilience can help them through