Natural Sciences Alumni Jobs
We want to give you a sample of the job titles and employers for our natural sciences and mathematics alumni. They are divided by department, then by the economic sector for the employer. See how our degree programs prepare students for a wide variety of careers, not just those that immediately come to mind when you think of the natural sciences and mathematics.
Biology
| Healthcare (51% of alumni) Oncologist, Alabama Oncology Product Specialist, AOC Medical Dentist, Armstrong & Dyre Dentistry Physician, Kennedy Comm Health Center Physical Therapist, Baptist Germantown Rehab. Medical Tech, Baptist Memorial Healthcare Pediatrician, Batson Hospital for Children Fertility Specialist, Fertility Assoc. of Memphis Physician, Gastrointestinal Assoc. Dentist, Golf Coast Pediatric Dentistry Allergist/Immunologist, Hattiesburg Clinic Self-employed family physician Nurse, Houston Methodist Medical Center OB/GYN, Jackson Healthcare for Women Cardiologist, Jackson Heart Clinic Clinic Coord., Kosko Eye Clinic Nurse, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Anesthesiologist, LifeLinc Anesthesia Pathologist, Mayo Clinic Surgeon, MS Sports Med. & Orthopedic Center Veterinarian, Scenic Hill Vet Hospital Medical Tech, St. Jude’s Hospital Physician, Neshoba Cty Gen. Hospital Internist, Ochsner Medical Center Podiatrist, Ognibene Foot Clinic Optometrist, MS Band of Choctaw Indians Education (14% of alumni) Teacher, Ocean Springs Middle School Dir of Technology, Grenada Schools Teacher, Memphis Schools Principal, Holly Springs School District Teacher, Southaven HS Acad. Counselor, MS School for Math & Science Chief Medical Officer, UM Medical Center Academic Physician, Baylor College of Medicine Associate Provost, Belhaven Research Nurse, Duke Medical Center Faculty, Hinds Community College Microbiology Faculty, Indiana School of Medicine Chair Science Dept, MS Gulf Coast Comm College Faculty, Mississippi State University E-learning Coord, Northwest Comm College Ped. Genetic Counselor, Baylor College of Medicine Faculty, Univ of Vermont Medical Center Orthopedic Surgeon, Univ of Alabama–Birmingham R&D Biologist, UM Natl Center for Physical Acoustics Physician, UNC-Chapel Hill Biosafety Officer, Mississippi State Univ Faculty, Itawamba Comm College Safety & Training Specialist, Univ of Mississippi STEM (9% of alumni) Sr Radiochemist, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Envr Specialist, GAI Consultants Flight Test Pilot/Engineer, Weststar Aerospace Envr Inspector, Accent Compliance Wildlife Biologist, Herring Envr Services Manager of Inside Sales, Qiagen Envr Associate, Georgia Pacific Systems Engineer, Amoco Assoc. Dir. Global Quality, Celgene Exec Sales Rep, Eli Lilly Sr Clinical Specialist, Medtronic Engineer, Aerojet Rocketdyne-Stennis Space Center Energy Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Research Scientist, Proctor & Gamble Oncology Product Support, Thermofisher Scientific Lab Coord., Eurofins Pharma Discovery Services Operation Supervisor, Exel Assoc Scientist, Reliagene Technologies Branch Manager, Dexter Instruments Dir. Data Management, Vizient Envr Safety Manager, Baker Envr Services Co-Founder/CEO, FlavorDoctor Foods Clinical Research Assoc, IQVIA Human Data Science Sr. Vice President of Finance, C-Spire Systems Engineer, IBM Operations Manager, S&R Construction |
Business/Finance (9% of alumni) Pres/CEO, Citizens Bank & Trust Corporate VP, Wells Fargo Vice President, Merrill Lynch Chairman, New Orleans Financial Group Commodities Trader, Crawford & Company Mgmt Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers Owner, Bernet Agricultural Services Crop Advisor, Farmers Supply Co-Op Dir of Landscape Services, Urban Greenscapes Program Manager, FedEx Owner, Burdock Group Pharmacist, Greenwood Drugs Pres, Interact Development Solutions Gen Counsel, C&C Marine & Repair Realtor, Caldwell Banker Landman, Purple Land Management Pres/CEO of SDS International Co-Owner, The Good South Financial Analyst, Vector Transportation Store Manager, Belk Founder, Ripple Health Coach, Blue Cross, Blue Shield Govt/Military/1st Responders (6% of alumni) Chair of Safety Panel, NASA Johnson Space Center Biologist, MS Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries Operations, US Envr Protection Agency Health Comm. Specialist, Centers for Disease Control Envr. Scientist, US Dept of Envr Quality Microbiologist, US Food & Drug Admin Sr. Envr. Analyst, MS Dept of Envr. Quality Dir. Cancer Control, MS Dept of Health Worksite Wellness, MS Dept of Health Botanist, US Dept of Agriculture Fisheries Biologist, USDA Sedimentation Lab Public Health Educator, TN Dept of Health Exec Medical Director, Cherokee Nation City Planner, City of Portland Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy Nurse, US Air Force 1st Lieutenant, US Marine Corps Supervisory Biologist, US Army R&D CEO, AAA Ambulance Service Legal (3% of alumni) Partner, Butler Snow Judge, 14th Chancery Report Assoc Comm of Legal Affairs, Attorney General Judge, 10th Circuit Court Dir of Central Legal Staff, MS Supreme Court Attorney, Balch & Bingham US Associate, Linklaters Attorney, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush Community Services/Non-Profits (3% of alumni) Psychiatrist, National Institutes for Health Owner, Grace Counseling and Consulting School Nurse, Richardson School District Pastor, New Zion Baptist Church Exec Director, US Chamber of Commerce Sr Vice President, MS Hospital Association Dev Director, American Cancer Association Pres/CEO, Mississippi Health Partners Rehabilitation Specialist, Sea Turtle Hospital Hospitality/Personal Care (3% of alumni) VP/Gen Manager, Isle of Capri Casino-Vicksburg Owner, Indulge Skin and Body Care Exec Director, Oaks on Parkwood Assisted Living Arts/Culture/Media (2% of alumni) Team Physician, Carolina Panthers Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Land Use & Envr Law Producer/Director, Passage Film Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Management Accounts Manager-Aquatics, United Press Intl. |
Chemistry
| Healthcare (41% of alumni) Physician, Oxford Lung Physicians Nurse Practitioner, SyMed Chief Info Officer, Cherokee Indian Hospital Owner/Surgeon, MA Cosmetic Surgery Physician, Indianola Family Medical Group Psychiatrist, East MS State Hospital Dentist, Family Dentistry Physician, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Physician, Doctors Without Borders Physician, Thoracic Cardiac & Vascular Surgery Physician, Coast Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Dir, Baptist Memorial Hospital Surgeon, Mid-South Vascular Clinic PC Physician, Trace Medical Clinic Physician, Mississippi Urology Clinic Physician, Tupelo Medical Group Physician, Madison-Ridgeland Children’s Clinic Surgeon, South Mississippi Surgeons Physician, Jackson Anesthesia Assoc. Physical Therapist, Wesley Medical Center Physician, Mid-South OB-GYN Anesthesiologist, Women’s Hospital Self-employed Thoracic Surgeon Education (21% of alumni) Chair, Dept of Medicine, Emory Univ Research Assoc, Univ of Michigan Staff Psychiatrist, Univ of Tennessee Physician, Univ. of Alabama Orthopedic Surgeon, Tulane Univ Faculty, UM Medical Center Research Asst, Vanderbilt Cancer Ctr Program Coord. Microbiology, UC-San Fran Urologist, John Hopkins Hospital Forensic Toxicologist, Univ of Tennessee Manager Mass Spectrometrist, Harvard Technical Staff-Informatics Group, MIT Teacher, Olive Branch HS, Southaven HS, Hazel Green HS, Madison Ridgeland Academy Faculty, Johns Hopkins, Univ of Texas, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago, Alcorn State, West Virginia U Faculty, Northwest MS Comm College, Coahoma Comm College Toxicologist, UM Medical Center |
STEM (14% of alumni) Senior Fellow, Mathematica Sr Solutions Architect, Schrödinger Software Engineer, Microsoft Exec Therapeutic Specialist, GlaxoSmithKline Engineer, Boening President, Hightower Oil Company IT Consultant, IBM Corp Medical Dir, Phillips Petroleum Asst Envr Specialist, GAI Consultants Senior Research Chemist, DuPont Manager, Lockheed Martin Sr Researcher-Polymer Chem, Polyvisions Production Manager, Proctor & Gamble Project Leader, Dow Chemical Chemical Engineer, ExxonMobil Chemistry Technician, Fluor Corp President, Ceres-SC Refining Manager, Amoco Oil Refining Owner/Pres, Aztec Medical Products Quality Systems Mgr., Alcoa Fujikura Dir. of Sales, Thermo Fisher Scientific Lab Manager, Odom Industries Research Assoc, Valtris Specialty Chem Cosmetic Dev Associate, Virtue Labs Sr. Project Engineer, Medtronic Spine & Biologics Test Engineer, Sandia National Labs President, Environmental Licensing Business/Finance (7% of alumni) VP/Medical Dir, Southern Farm Bureau Life Patents Dept, Coca-Cola Company President, Terramark Real Estate President, Mid-South Insurance Office Pharmacist/Manager, Economy Drugs Senior VP, Bank of Ripley Financial Advisor, NY Life Securities Vice President, BXS Insurance Branch Manager, RJ Young Pharmacist, Booneville Discount Drugs Management Consultant, McKinsey & Co Legal (3% of alumni) Partner, Forman Watkins & Krutz Forensic Doc Examination & Expert Witness Testimony, Rile & Hicks Attorney, Baker Donelson County Judge Attorney, Butler Snow |
Math
| Education (31% of alumni) 70 teachers and administers in K-12 such as Kosciusko HS, Vicksburg HS, DeSoto Central, Memphis, North Panola, Resource Facilitator, Jackson Academy Director of Admission, Jackson Academy Assistant Provost, New Jersey City Univ Faculty, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, Florida State, Univ of Oklahoma, Christian Brothers U, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Texas Tech, Millsaps, Univ of Memphis, Univ of Georgia, Univ of TN-Knoxville Medical Faculty, UM Medical Center, Vanderbilt, LSU Health Sciences Center Pres, MS Delta Comm College Faculty, Northwest MS Comm College, Hinds Comm College, Meridian Comm College, Northeast MS Comm College Computer App Coord, NE MS Comm College Business/Finance (22% alumni) Cyber Security Analyst, FedEx Adv. Analytics, FedEx VP/Actuary, Alfa Life Insurance Corp Sr Software Engineering, Wells Fargo Associate VP, Morgan Keegan & Co Leader-Cyber Risk Services, Deloitte Intl Tax & Mobility, PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO, Peoples Bank Pres, Bickerstaff Actuarial Consultants VP Natl Bus Dev, Old Republic Natl. Title Insurance Assoc Actuary, Travelers Co. Actuary, Cigna CFO, State Bank and Trust Company Sr VP-Small Bus Strategies, Bank of America Pres, Bickerstaff Actuarial Consultants Consulting Actuary, Williams Actuarial Consulting Actuary, The Burkhalter Group Central Div. Manager, JP Morgan Chase Analytics Coord, Health Services Advisory Group Owner, Bayou Chevrolet VP-Govt Affairs, Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Assoc Project Manager–Forecasting, Walmart Consultant, Bain & Co. STEM (17% of alumni) SR Contract/Sourcing Specialist, AT&T Owner/President, Duke Energy Manager-Network Planning, Bellsouth Senior Analyst, Nissan Sr. Manager-Solutions Project, Cisco Computer Programmer, IBM Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Assoc Software Engineer, T-Mobile Lead Financial Analyst, Verizon Lead Hardware Engineer, Raytheon Program Manager, Collins Aerospace Sr. Programmer-Analyst, Lockheed Martin Senior Research Fellow, Dupont Data Science Director, Monsanto Systems Dev, Bristol-Myers Squibb Systems Analyst, Anheuser-Busch Company Specialist-Software Assurance, Boeing Missile Partner/VP/Gen Counsel, Cree Advisor, Exxon Mobil Sr Staff Operations Analyst, Lockheed Martin Systems Analyst, Texaco Chair, The NORDAM Group Bioinformatician, Planck Inst for Biochem Staff Scientist, Scientific Applications Intl. Corp. Marketing Director, Northrop Grumman |
Govt/Military (10% of alumni) Analyst, Fed Reserve Bank of Atlanta Asst Director, NASA Langley Research Center Mathematician, Dept of Defense Envr Engineer, MS Dept of Envr Quality Sr Attorney, MS Emer Management Dir of Admin, MS Band of Choctaw Indians Program Manager, Natl Geospatial-Intel Agency Programmer Analyst, TVA Mathematician, US Dept of Agriculture Research Scientist, Veteran’s Admin Biostatistician, Food & Drug Admin Analyst, National Security Agency Chief of Safety, US Air Force Principle Scientist, US Navy Engineer, NASA Research Engineer, US Air Force Computer Sci, Naval Oceanographic Office Science & Tech Head, Naval Surface Warfare Staff Asst, Office of Sen Thad Cochran Healthcare (6% of alumni) Reg. Operations Analyst, Owens & Minor Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia Assocs. Dentist, Burns and Blackburn Surgeon, Capital Orthopedic & Sports Med CFO, Human Longevity Physician, Jackson Healthcare for Women Pediatrician, Madison-Ridgeland Children’s Clinic Human Resources Asst, N. Delta Hospice Optometrist, Visions Optique & Eyecare Legal (4% of alumni) Circuit Court Judge Asst US Attorney, Dept of Justice Attorneys at top MS law firms such as Butler Snow, Bradley Arandt Rose & White |
Chemistry
| Healthcare (41% of alumni) Physician, Oxford Lung Physicians Nurse Practitioner, SyMed Chief Info Officer, Cherokee Indian Hospital Owner/Surgeon, MA Cosmetic Surgery Physician, Indianola Family Medical Group Psychiatrist, East MS State Hospital Dentist, Family Dentistry Physician, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Physician, Doctors Without Borders Physician, Thoracic Cardiac & Vascular Surgery Physician, Coast Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Dir, Baptist Memorial Hospital Surgeon, Mid-South Vascular Clinic PC Physician, Trace Medical Clinic Physician, Mississippi Urology Clinic Physician, Tupelo Medical Group Physician, Madison-Ridgeland Children’s Clinic Surgeon, South Mississippi Surgeons Physician, Jackson Anesthesia Assoc. Physical Therapist, Wesley Medical Center Physician, Mid-South OB-GYN Anesthesiologist, Women’s Hospital Self-employed Thoracic Surgeon Education (21% of alumni) Chair, Dept of Medicine, Emory Univ Research Assoc, Univ of Michigan Staff Psychiatrist, Univ of Tennessee Physician, Univ. of Alabama Orthopedic Surgeon, Tulane Univ Faculty, UM Medical Center Research Asst, Vanderbilt Cancer Ctr Program Coord. Microbiology, UC-San Fran Urologist, John Hopkins Hospital Forensic Toxicologist, Univ of Tennessee Manager Mass Spectrometrist, Harvard Technical Staff-Informatics Group, MIT Teacher, Olive Branch HS, Southaven HS, Hazel Green HS, Madison Ridgeland Academy Faculty, Johns Hopkins, Univ of Texas, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago, Alcorn State, West Virginia U Faculty, Northwest MS Comm College, Coahoma Comm College Toxicologist, UM Medical Center |
STEM (14% of alumni) Senior Fellow, Mathematica Sr Solutions Architect, Schrödinger Software Engineer, Microsoft Exec Therapeutic Specialist, GlaxoSmithKline Engineer, Boening President, Hightower Oil Company IT Consultant, IBM Corp Medical Dir, Phillips Petroleum Asst Envr Specialist, GAI Consultants Senior Research Chemist, DuPont Manager, Lockheed Martin Sr Researcher-Polymer Chem, Polyvisions Production Manager, Proctor & Gamble Project Leader, Dow Chemical Chemical Engineer, ExxonMobil Chemistry Technician, Fluor Corp President, Ceres-SC Refining Manager, Amoco Oil Refining Owner/Pres, Aztec Medical Products Quality Systems Mgr., Alcoa Fujikura Dir. of Sales, Thermo Fisher Scientific Lab Manager, Odom Industries Research Assoc, Valtris Specialty Chem Cosmetic Dev Associate, Virtue Labs Sr. Project Engineer, Medtronic Spine & Biologics Test Engineer, Sandia National Labs President, Environmental Licensing Business/Finance (7% of alumni) VP/Medical Dir, Southern Farm Bureau Life Patents Dept, Coca-Cola Company President, Terramark Real Estate President, Mid-South Insurance Office Pharmacist/Manager, Economy Drugs Senior VP, Bank of Ripley Financial Advisor, NY Life Securities Vice President, BXS Insurance Branch Manager, RJ Young Pharmacist, Booneville Discount Drugs Management Consultant, McKinsey & Co Legal (3% of alumni) Partner, Forman Watkins & Krutz Forensic Doc Examination & Expert Witness Testimony, Rile & Hicks Attorney, Baker Donelson County Judge Attorney, Butler Snow |
Physics
| Healthcare (35% of alumni) Physician, Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Physician, Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr. Chiropractor, Greenville Chiropractor Clinic OB-GYN, Delta Medical Group Dentist, Gulfside Periodontics Radiation Safety, St Thomas Hospitals Physician, AL Orthopedic Specialists Physician, Cardiology Assoc of North MS Internist, West TN Healthcare Self-employed Plastic Surgeon Radiologist, Tuscaloosa Radiology Group Ped. Ophthalmologist, Sierra Eye Assocs. Surgeon, South MS Surgeons Self-Employed, Anesthesiologist Radiologist, Radiological Group IT Director, Children’s Health System STEM (18% of alumni) Principal Petrophysicist, Schlumberger Nuclear Power Control Rm Supervisor, Constellation Energy Group Geophysicist, Primal Innovation Research Physicist, Radiance Tech Sr Multi-Disc. Engineering, Raytheon Sr Consultant, Nordic Consulting Data Center Architect, NAVIDIA Senior VP/General Mgr, EMS Wireless Senior Research Fellow, DuPont Manu. Engineer, Gulfstream Aerospace Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Senior Sales Trainer, GlaxoSmithKline Chief Technology Officer, Sirenas Medical Physicist, 21st Century Oncology Researcher, Los Alamos National Lab Bioinformatician, Max Planck Inst for Biochem |
Education (16% of alumni) Physics teacher, North Pontotoc HS Faculty, Texas A&M, West Florida, Univ. of Maryland, Boston U, UC-San Francisco Dean/Prof Science & Engineering, Univ of West FL Physician, UM Medical Center, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Yale School of Medicine, Emory U, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins Hospital Project Mgr at Research & Curriculum, MS State Assoc Dean Fin & Operations-School of Eng, Duke Researcher, Univ of Mississippi, Virginia Tech Physics Professor, U. of TN Space Institute VP for Instruction, Pearl River Comm College Business/Finance (7% of alumni) Asst VP-Relationship Manager, US Bank Network Administrator, M-Trade Senior Technical Advisor, Fed Ex Adv Analytics Manager, Fed Ex Software Engineer, Black Rock IT Consultant, Orion Dir of Benefits, Evergreen Consulting Govt/Military (6% of alumni) Research Hydrologist, US Dept of Agriculture Physicist, Tennessee Valley Authority Flight Surgeon, US Navy Science/Tech Head, Naval Surface Warfare Center Aerospace Engineer, NASA Chief, Combat Crew Comm Orthopedic Chief Res, Naval Hospital-Guam Mechanical Engineer, Military Sealift Command |