However, sometimes the volume of requests gets rather large so I have invited some colleagues to form a Virtual Mentor ring. The goal is to provide students with access to young scientists from a variety of marine disciplines and a variety of nationalities. We hope to provide both advice and encouragement to those interested in a career in the sciences, marine or otherwise. I hope you find it useful - Andrew G. McArthur . As we are all young graduate students or recent doctoral graduates, we are by definition extremely busy.
Graduate students live very busy, stress-filled, and intense lives.
Post-docs are often struggling to develop their own independant research programs. The main reason this Virtual Mentor ring was formed was to dilute the volume of email going to each of us. This is particularly true for class assignments that require you to interview a marine biologist. To cut down the repitition, each Virtual Mentor has included a list of Frequently Asked Questions. Scripps Institution of Oceanography maintains a web page on Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science and Marine Biology .