From physicist to cosmologist
42 of the 54 essential skills of a cosmologist are already essential for a physicist — about 78% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from physicist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 42
- skills carry over
- 12
- would be new
- 78%
- of the target job covered
- 54
- essential skills of a cosmologist
What a cosmologist does
Cosmologists focus on the study of the universe as a whole, which is made up by its origin, evolution and ultimate fate. They use tools and scientific instruments to observe and study other galaxies and astronomical objects such as stars, black holes, planets and other celestial bodies.
What carries over
42 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computational physics
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- gather experimental data
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematical modelling
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quantum computing
- quantum technology
- scientific literature
- scientific research methodology
- speak different languages
- statistics
- supercomputing
- synthesise information
and 2 more
What would be new
12 skillsEssential for a cosmologist and not for a physicist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from physicist
2 roles- oceanographer39 skills in common
- astronomer39 skills in common
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