To explore career opportunities outside of academia, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Tom Pickerell about their career path from PhD student to Global Director of the Ocean Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI).
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Davis, C., Pickerell, T. From academia to a career in ocean sustainability. Nat Rev Earth Environ 5, 609 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00589-z
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