Types of Scientists

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Archaeologist

• An archaeologist is someone who studies people and what they did in the past from the things they left behind.  Archaeologists might study early Native Americans, early European settlers, such as the pilgrims, or old factory buildings.

Native American site

Astronomer

ASTRONOMERS study objects and phenomena which exist or have their origin in outer space.

They use research data to calculate the composition of galaxies, quasars, stars, and planets and to measure radio, infrared, gamma, and X-ray emissions from extraterrestrial sources.

Cone Nebula

Audiologist• Audiologists work with people who have

hearing, balance, and related ear problems. They examine individuals of all ages and identify those with the symptoms of hearing loss and other auditory, balance, and related sensory and neural problems.

Biologist

• Biological scientists study living organisms and their relationship to the environment. They perform research to gain a better understanding of fundamental life processes or apply that understanding to developing new products or processes.

Biomedical Engineer

• Biomedical engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient health care and the quality of life of individuals.

The Jarvik 7 artificial heart

Botanist

• Botany is the scientific study of plants, which includes a wide range of living organisms from the smallest bacteria to the largest living trees. Botanists study plants and plant systems and apply their knowledge in the disciplines of biology, ecology, reclamation, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, plant breeding, medicine, pharmaceuticals, forensics and plant biotechnology.

Cell Biologist

• Cell biology is an academic discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level.

Chemist• Chemicals are a big part of the physical

world around us. Everything is made of chemicals. Chemists and material scientists find ways to make chemicals useful to us. They also try to improve things that people use daily, such as paint, medicine, and cosmetics, as well as cars and airplanes

Ecologist• Ecologists study the relationships of living

things to their environment and with each other, and examine the effects of a wide range of factors such as population size, rainfall, temperature, forest fires and major construction projects. They are faced with trying to solve the impact that many human activities, such as over consumption and air pollution have on the environment and ecosystem in the long term.

Entomologist

• Entomologists study the classification, life cycle and habits of insects and related life forms, and plan and implement insect surveys and pest management programs. They also investigate ways to control insect pests and manage beneficial insects such as plant pollinators, insect parasites and insect predators

Some of the Millions of Insect Species

Environmentalist

• Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. An environmentalist is a person who may advocate the sustainable management of resources and stewardship of the natural environment through changes in public policy or individual behavior.

Geologist• Geology is the hands-on study of the solid

earth, its rocks and minerals. Geologists are the 'field hands' of earth science: without ground-based observation to confirm or expand on space-based tools, we would have an incomplete or even inaccurate picture of our planet. Geologists understand how the dynamic forces which shape our earth work, and use this knowledge to predict their affect on mankind.

Hematologist

Hematology is that branch of medicine dealing with the blood. A hematologist (hee-ma-TOL-o-jist) is a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the blood.

A microscopic view of blood

Herpetologist

• A herpetologist studies and provides information about reptiles and amphibians.

• Herpetologists deal with snakes, lizards, frogs, alligators, turtles and other reptilian and amphibious creatures

Hydrologist

• Water is one of our most important natural resources. Without it, there would be no life on earth. The supply of water available for our use is limited by nature. Although there is plenty of water on earth, it is not always in the right place, at the right time and of the right quality. Hydrology has evolved as a science in response to the need to understand the complex water system of the earth and help solve water problems.

Ichthyologist• Ichthyologist is a biologist who specializes

in the study of fish. At least 30,700 fish species have been described, comprising a majority of vertebrates. While a majority of species have probably been discovered and described, approximately 250 new species are officially described by science each year.

Lepidopterist

• A lepidopterist is a person who catches and collects, studies, or simply observes moth and butterfly species.

MeteorologistMeteorology is the study of the earth's

atmosphere and the weather which occur in it. METEOROLOGISTS gather and analyze information on atmospheric conditions. They attempt to spot and interpret trends, understand the weather of yesterday, describe the weather of today, and predict the weather of tomorrow

Lightning

Tornado and Microburst, The microburst did the most damage!

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Challenge

1. What is a biomedical engineer?

2. A Scientist who studies people from the past

3. A Scientist who studies plants?

4. What is a Hematologist?

5. What scientist studies all types of insects?

6. What scientist studies reptiles?

7. What is a Lepidopterist?

8. What scientist studies fish?

9. Scientist who advocates conservation?

10. What Scientist studies the water cycle?

Microbiologist• Microbiologists investigate the fascinating

world of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye. Although known by many different titles, a microbiologist is a scientist who studies living organisms and infectious agents many of which can only be seen with a microscope. They also study the interaction of microorganisms with people. Everyday microbiologists around the world explore, investigate and discover how these organisms, called microbes exist and affect our lives.

Mineralogist• A scientist concerned with the study of

natural inorganic substances, whether of terrestrial or extraterrestrial origin, called minerals

Ajoite in Quartz

Amazonite

Russian Dolomite

Hematite

Linarite

Pyromorphite

Gold

Mycologist

• Mycology  is a field of scientific inquiry in the life sciences that  studies microscopic forms in the Fungi kingdom. Fungi are not plants or animals, have no legs, wings or any superior intellect but are very interesting and relevant to human health.

• Many fungi are poisonous,  many have direct benefits to human beings.

Oceanographer

• The study of the oceans and the plants and animals it contains is called oceanography. A person who studies the oceans and the plants and animals it contains is called an oceanographer

Oceanographer CanyonUsing a sieve to identify fish

Oceanographic Vessel

Ornithologist

• An ornithologist is a scientist who studies birds (ornithology) in an academic setting and has made birds his or her specialty. Ornithologists participate in scientific studies of all aspects of the natural history of birds, both living and extinct. Ornithologists continually add to our knowledge of birds and help guide bird conservation efforts

Paleontologist

• A paleontologist is a scientist who studies fossils. Fossils are the remains, impressions, or traces of organisms preserved in rock. They can be shells, bones, prints of leaves, and even tracks of animals.  Fossils tell the story of the earth. They show what animals and plants lived a long time ago as well as how  the ones that are around today developed.

Paleontologist carefully removing a fossil

Ammonite fossil

T-Rexnamed

Sue

Parasitologist

A scientist involved in a branch of biology dealing with parasites and parasitism especially among animals.

Roundworms Hookworm

Intestinal FlukePinworm

Human

Parasites

Seismologist

• Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis. A recording of earth motion as a function of time is called a seismogram.

Compressional Wave (P-Wave) Animation

Shear Wave (S-Wave) Animation

Rayleigh Wave (R-Wave) Animation

Love Wave (L-Wave) Animation

Taxonomist

A Taxonomist is a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure, origin, and behavior

Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum- Chordata

Class- Mammalia

Order- Primates

Family- Hominidae

Genus- Homo

species -sapiens

Classification of a Human being

linnaeus

Virologist

• Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy.

Spreading potentially lethal pathogens, influenza virus

particles (brown) invade cilia (blue) in the airways of the human lung.

Hepatitus BVirus

Diagram And

Electronphoto

Chicken pox Virus

Volcanologist• A volcanologist is a person who studies

volcanoes. Volcanologists monitor volcanoes, measure temperatures, and collect samples of lava rock or gases or other small objects that might help them solve the mystery that they are tying to solve. They wear a suit that is similar to a space suit with a hard hat and gloves so that they can survive the hot temperatures. Volcanologists have tape measures to measure distances and height, binoculars to see far away objects, and journals to record information.

Liquid Rock

That’s Hot

Zoologist Zoologists research all aspects of animal

life, including where animals live and how they interact with their surroundings. Zoology encompasses the workings of the entire animal kingdom, from viruses to horses, and includes a vast array of disciplines. A zoologist studies or works with animal life, its origins, characteristics, life processes, behavior, evolution and relationship with other organisms.

Final

1. Scientist who studies organisms too small to be seen by the human eye

2. Scientist who studies viruses.

3. Scientist who classifies organisms on the basis of their structure and behavior.

4. Scientist who studies wavelike movements of the Earth Tectonic Plates.

5. What is a Mycologist?

6. Scientist who studies birds

7. Scientist who studies the oceans.

8. What is a Paleontologist?

9. He studies natural inorganic substances.