Monday, March 5, 2007 Need a good job?

If you are any good, EPA will hire you! And this might be your real science start.

Scientists, Ladies, Gentlemen. Want to be at the leading edge of climate science for protection of the environment around us? Want to be in the forefront of environmental research? Create a career that is both meaningful and fulfilling? In Science?

George Bush will not be able to edit your science two years from now! He'll be gone! (I do not expect a Republican to win the white house, but it might be even some Democrats would want to keep hidden what the public needs to know and this is a place to help determine that. I believe some emminent Scientists in the employ of the Federal Government have made truly significant contributions -- and you can too, and can start to build the kind of career you want in Science at the EPA.)

Are you a postdoc? or soon to be?

[This image is a work of an Environmental Protection Agency employee, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties. As works of the U.S. federal government, all EPA images are in the public domain. (Not only that, you and I paid for it!)]

You won't have to wear the patch. You don't have a uniform. But this is what you might have on the door at your field office if you are the "hands-on" kind of scientist they need. And you will have access to the best labs in the world.

All Images: Environment Protection Agency
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

EPA Rated Top Magnet for Postdocs

Contact: Suzanne Ackerman, (202) 564-4355 /

(Washington, D.C. - March 5, 2007) For the third straight year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's research campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), N.C., is among the top three places for postdoctoral students to work, according to a national survey conducted by The Scientist, magazine of the life sciences. The Scientist evaluated 96 institutions in North America including government organizations, universities and private research facilities and more than 2500 "postdocs" responded to the survey.

"EPA is a great place for scientists to begin or continue their careers," said Assistant Administrator Luis A. Luna, who heads the Office of Administration and Resources Management. "This ranking reflects the commitment EPA scientists have to supporting the next generation of researchers. The postdoc program attracts top people who go on to work on valuable solutions that help protect the American environment."

Currently there are 46 postdoctoral employees at the EPA-RTP campus who are in fields ranging from biology, chemistry, epidemiology, and ecology, to risk assessment, exposure characterization, atmospheric science and computational toxicology. A postdoctoral trainee organization provides professional advancement and career-development opportunities.

The EPA-RTP campus employs more than 1,800 employees. It houses 500 laboratories, 2,000 offices, and numerous conference facilities. The research campus is the focal point for the agency's research on issues involving air, water, land and food. Six of EPA's seven national laboratories and research centers have operations in RTP.

For more information:

About working at EPA: http://www.epa.gov/ezhire/

You will still have to fill out some forms, but most of them are online, and electronically available. This EZHIRE! is possibly the quickest way to get into a Government Scientist vocation, and the pay is very good for the sciences.

About the EPA-RTP campus: http://www.epa.gov/rtp/

Postdoctoral opportunities: http://www.epa.gov/ord/htm/jobs_ord.htm

This will show you some small bit of what EPA does Every day!

http://www.epa.gov/
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When you work for "you" doing the work you love, and with the EPA -- you work for America!