Scientific Researcher

A scientific researcher asks questions nobody has fully answered yet and designs careful experiments or studies to find out. Depending on the field, you might be running experiments at a bench, collecting samples in the field, analyzing data, reading and writing papers, or applying for funding. Much of the work is patient and iterative: tests fail, results surprise you, and you adjust. You often work in a team led by a principal investigator and share your findings with the wider scientific community.