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What Can You do With a Masters Degree in Botany??

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Job Titles:   (Back to Top)-Click here to find out more about the job titles below-(Occupational Outlook Handbook)
A variety of careers is available to persons with advanced degrees in Botany or Microbiology. Employment may be with biological supply houses, pharmaceutical companies, industries, state and federal, agencies and research institutes. Microbiologists in the medical fields are frequently employed in clinical, diagnostic laboratories and medical research institutes. Increasing employment opportunities are becoming available in the biotechnology industry for persons trained in both Botany and Microbiology.

Graduate programs in Botany focus on a wide range of areas, including plant genomics and bioinformatics, weed ecology and molecular biology. Graduates with a masters (MS) or PhD in botany may pursue careers in such diverse fields as horticulturists, biochemists, research ecologists and more.

Teachers
Researchers
Park Naturalists

STRATEGIES
Obtain a Ph.D. for teaching and advanced research positions. Conduct undergraduate research with professors to gain experience. Apply for undergraduate research fellowships or other student research programs. Maintain a high grade point average and develop good references in preparation for graduate school. Develop excellent computer skills. Join related professional associations. Read scientific journals or articles to stay abreast of current research. Learn federal and state government job application process.

Agronomist
Botanist
Consumer Advocate
Cooperative Extension Agent
Crop Physiologist
Ecologist
Environmental Health Educator
Food Buyer
Food & Drug Inspector
Food Technologist
Forest Engineer
Forester
Horticulturist
Irrigation Engineer
Journalist
Landscape Architect
Natural Resources Mgr
Naturalist
Patent Specialist
Pest Control
Pharmaceutical Sales
Physician
Plant Geneticist
Research Assistant
Public Health Administrator
Quality Control Specialist
Plant Quarantine Specialist
Sales Representative
Scientific Librarian
Taxonomist
Teacher/Professor
Technical Writer

 
Places of Employment:  (Back to Top)
PLANT BIOLOGY
Research organizations
Colleges and universities
Museums
Botanical gardens and arboretums
U.S. Department of Agriculture branches including Medical Plant Resources Laboratory, Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Arboretum, U.S. Forest Service
Federal agencies including Departments of
Interior and State, U.S. Public Health Service,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Smithsonian Institution, and Environmental Protection Agency
State agencies
Environmental and biotechnical regulatoryagencies
Ecological consulting companies
Industries including petrochemical, chemical, and lumber and paper
Companies including pharmaceutical, food, seed and nursery, fruit growers, biological supply houses, and biotechnology firms

APPLIED PLANT SCIENCE
Colleges and universities
Research organizations
Agriculture industry including lumber and paper, seed and nursery, fruit and vegetable growers, fermentation, food industry, and biological supply houses
Biotechnology firms

LAW
Law firms with environmental focus
Government agencies and regulatory agencies
Biotechnical regulatory firms or agencies
ORGANISMIC SPECIALTIES
Colleges and universities
Research organizations
Federal and state government laboratories including
Agriculture, Health, etc.
Pharmaceutical companies
Food and beverage industries including brewing and
fermentation
Hospitals
Related industries

EDUCATION
Public and private high schools
Colleges and universities
Museums, botanical gardens and herbaria

COMMUNICATION
Publishing companies including newspapers,
magazines, books, and textbooks
Professional associations
Scientific and educational software companies
Non-profit organizations

BUSINESS
Pharmaceutical companies
Seed companies
Biotechnology firms
Scientific publishers
Biological supply houses
 

 
Related Links (Back to Top)
American Phytopathological Society
American Society for Horticultural Science
American Society of Agronomy
American Society of Botanical Artists
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB)
International Society for Plant Pathology
Society of American Foresters
World Botanical Associates

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