12 May 2008
Posted by Jessica Ball
I just came across an article from a July 2007 Wired Magazine article about the “Best Dangerous Science Jobs”. Guess what #7 is?
Volcanologist! (I love the little graphic.)
And #6 is…
Graduate student.
Yep, I’m doomed. Happily doomed, though.
Jessica Ball is a graduate student in the Department of Geology at State University of New York at Buffalo, where she is learning how to safely and productively play with very hot rocks. Her PhD research focuses on the interaction of water and lava domes, and involves both field investigations and modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from life as a grad student to geoscience outreach to (of course!) her field and lab work in volcanology.
Anonymous said on 14 May 2008
This DOES NOT make me feel any better!
Jessica Ball (AKA Tuff Cookie) said on 14 May 2008
Look at it this way…you probably won’t be chased by people with machetes as a grad student.(Then again, that depends on where you end up doing your research. Better invest in some Kevlar, just to be safe