Pitfalls in the Career Path Towards an Establish Researcher

The path to a PhD degree has been bumpy for some, with uncertainty to future employment. In turn many PhD followers end up compromising scientific standards while pursuing the final degree. Postdoc has been a career for many Early Career Researcher (ECR) due to limited spaces in job-offering institutions. There are fellows who have been in senior postdoc positions up to four terms, reaching years of maturity without stable position. Strategies used by successful established researchers are available and requires an ECRs with open minds and initiatives to navigate through potholes. There are many opportunities for research and work to be done, with lots of funding, particularly towards climate mitigation and the ECR should be able to write funded proposal to generate own support to survive pitfall. Material Science is a very broad topic that should be used to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This talk will give prospects on the value of self-initiative by understanding the research landscape to address societal problems of the day.