Title: Physicist

Definition: Scientist who seeks to understand how the world works by studying everything from elementary particles, to nuclei, atoms, molecules, macromolecules, living cells, solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, living organisms, the human brain, complex systems, supercomputers, the atmosphere, planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe itself.

Definition (More Info): Physics Careers

Education Program:
• MUN - Physics
• MUN Grenfell Campus

First Credential: Bachelors degree

Salary Range: Canada (2015): Low: $48k. Median: $78k.

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Payscale: Physicist

Related Specialties: Geoscientist, Geophysicist, Physical scientist, Medical physicist.

Professional Associations: Canadian Association of Physicists; Institute of Particle Physics

Other Resources: Physics.org

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