Careers in Physics and Beyond
Thinking about your next step after graduation? There are a number of different paths you can take that apply the tools and approaches that we study in physics within or beyond the field.
Physics students have gone on to become
- PhD candidates in programs across the country and globally,
- research assistants, engineers and technicians at national labs and in the private sector,
- distinguished researchers at academic, private, and governmental institutions (e.g., working in nanotechnology and energy conservation),
- professionals in the health sector, including doctors, physical therapists and public health researchers, and
- consultants in the public and private sectors, including science policy, law, education, industry and tech.
To learn more about where physics can take you, reach out to faculty in our department or the Undergraduate Advising Head.
Notable Alumni
- Dan Grober ’70 is a professor of applied physics at Yale University.
- Olaf Olafsson ’83 is a novelist and an executive VP for international and corporate strategy at Time Warner.
- Daniel Needleman ’98 is an associate professor of applied physics and cellular biology at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School.
- Michael Robinson ’95 is an intellectual property attorney at an immuno-oncology company.
- Elana Fertig ’03 is an instructor in oncology biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University.