'I love that I get to combine my scientific and artistic sides.' Read this week's ScienceWorkingLife on how former researcher oreillymk found her niche as a scientific illustrator.
Three years into my postdoc, I started to wonder whether I needed a new career plan. After applying for more than two dozen faculty jobs, I hadn’t landed a single interview. I felt dejected but not particularly surprised. I was applying in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis, when many universities had instituted hiring freezes and faculty openings were scarce, and my publication record didn’t stand out.
But in the spring after my failed job search, that started to change after an office mate excitedly showed me proofs for a review article. She was wowed by what the journal’s scientific illustrator had done with her rudimentary sketches. “That would be such a fun job,” I mused.I decided to test out a new career direction by volunteering to create similar illustrations for my institute’s newsletters.
It was exciting to find a career that drew on my diverse skill set and would allow me to work as a freelancer from wherever my partner got a job. I did feel a sense of loss as I began to let go of my dream of becoming a faculty member, and I worried I’d be letting down the people and institutions who’d invested time and resources in me. But it helped to remind myself that my new career path wasn’t removed from science. I was harnessing my passion for art in the service of science.
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