Career Information

What can you do with a career in physics? The opportunities are almost too numerous to mention. The American Institute of Physics lists the following examples of physics-related careers:

• acoustics engineer
• applied optics specialist
• astronomer
• atmospheric scientist
• biomedical scientist
• climate specialist
• environmental scientist
• high school teacher
• magnetic systems designer
• medical physicist
• neuroscientist
• nuclear safety expert
• oil exploration specialist
• plasma physicist
• pollution control scientist
• radiation therapy specialist
• robotics engineer
• space physicist
• oceanographer
• solar physicist