Scientist

A scientist was a person with expertise in one or more of the fields of science. Scientists performed research and utilized the scientific method to form hypotheses and to establish theories.
Scholars, researchers, and scientists all made use of the information stored on Memory Alpha. ()
In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, Hippocrates Noah begins kidnapping scientists in 1962 and puts them to work on his laser project to flood the Earth. ()
Someone who practiced science on a pure theoretical level was known as a theoretical scientist. Once they developed a theory, they left its application to others. Starfleet's most experienced theoretical scientists were consulted on how to allow James Moriarty to exist outside the holodeck of the . They did not find a solution. ()
In 2401, scientist was listed as one of the results in Raffaela Musiker's search for the "red lady". ()
== Types of scientists ==
* Astronomer
** Astrophysicist
** Astrotheorist
** Cosmologist
** Stellar physicist
* Biologist
** Astrobiologist
** Biomolecular physiologist
** Botanist
** Entomologist
** Exobiologist (Xenobiologist)
** Exozoologist
** Geneticist
** Hematologist
** Marine biologist
** Microbiologist
** Neurologist
** Paleontologist
*** Micropaleontologist
*** Molecular paleontologist
** Pathologist
** Xenologist
** Zoologist
* Chemist
** Biochemist
* Computer scientist
** Cyberneticist
* Geologist (Exogeologist)
** Geophysicist
** Meteorologist
** Mineralogist
** Thermologist
* Mathematician
* Outpost scientist
* Physicist
** Engineering physicist
** Quantum theorist
** Warp field theorist
* Social scientist 
** Anthropologist 
** Archaeologist
** Cryptologist
** Historian
** Psychiatrist
** Psychiatric analyst
** Psychologist
** Exopsychologist
** Sociologist
** Thanatologist
== See also ==
*List of scientists
*Research stations
*Research and scientific educational institutions
*Research organizations
== External link ==
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