Jack Jewell sparked widespread industrial development of the Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL), by demonstrating over 1 million VCSELs on a single chip at Bell Laboratories in 1989. Building on this achievement, in 1991 Jack co-founded Vixel Corp, the first company committed to VCSEL commercialization. In 1995 Jack left […]
Scientist Jobs
Tom Baur is the founder of Meadowlark Optics, Inc., a company founded in 1979 that designs, manufactures and sells precision optics for polarization control. He is also the founder of Team Baur, a company that is developing a 75-acre business park in Frederick, Colorado. Prior to founding these companies Tom […]
Tom Baur, Founder of Meadowlark Optics
Absolutely! “If you have a good science education then the world is your oyster, and you can do almost anything.” – Tanja Beshear, physicist working in industry ‘Turning Science into Things People Need,’ is a project exploring scientists who chose a career in industry instead of the ‘traditional’ academic path. […]
Can a Scientist Find a Rewarding Career in Industry?
This week I interviewed Peter Fiske, Chief Technology Officer at PAX Water Technologies, Inc. in San Rafael, CA. Peter has a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University and has made a career working in industry. I first met Peter in 2006 when he was VP of Business […]
Peter Fiske, Author and Lecturer on Career Development for Scientists
I’m excited to be starting this 50 Interviews project. I’ll be talking to Scientists who have successfully followed a career path into industry, where their job description is perhaps closer to that of an engineer than a scientist. This topic has been an interest of mine since I was nearing […]
