Professor Reggie Mills (University of Houston) joins us on this episode of the SW Pod. We discuss the academic job market in 2024 and advice for people seeking jobs as faculty members in chemistry as well as things you might not think about when job searching. In addition to the academic job market, we discuss Reggie's journey up to this point: pursuing his doctorate studies with Professor Sophie Rousseaux and then a post doctoral position with Professor Paul Chirik. If you are curious to know about what it is like to search for a faculty position in chemistry in 2024, then this episode is for you.

Be sure to follow Reggie in socials to stay up-to-date with his research: https://x.com/reggiemills28

Resources to find work: ChemJobber: https://chemjobber.blogspot.com/

In this episode of The SW Pod, we are joined by Scott Bagley, who is an Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer and the American Chemical Society. Scott has been a scientist at Pfizer for over 30 years and in this episode, we dissect that journey while also addressing safety considerations in chemistry and how to become a competitive applicant in the job market. When Scott is not in the lab, he is volunteering at ACS conferences and is the Division of Organic Chemistry's Program Chair-elect and runs their Virtual Symposium.

Be sure to follow Scott on his socials: X: https://twitter.com/BagPhos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-bagley-2201504/ For more information about the Division of Organic Chemistry: https://www.organicdivision.org/ How to get involved/volunteer at the DOC: https://www.organicdivision.org/volunteer/

Professor Molly Atkinson is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas where her group broadly studies chemical education. Her group has 3 main areas of research that includes the understanding of chemistry representation, assessment instrument development, and the pathways to chemistry and STEM. For more information about Molly and her group: https://mollyatkinson92.wixsite.com/atkinson X: https://x.com/MollyBAtkinson Website listing all Chemistry Education Research (CER) Graduate Programs in the United States: https://chem.uncg.edu/popova/cer-website/Facebook

Page, Strategies for Teaching Chemistry: https://www.facebook.com/groups/849427775469472Survey

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