Monday, October 19, 2009

C&EN Wayback Photo: A sssssmokin' postdoc



(from the 3/3/01 (?) Chemical and Engineering News.)

Where'd you do your postdoc? That's right, baby, you worked for the most famous EEEEVIL tobacco company of them all, Philip Morris.

What was your previous experience? "Experience in the high temperature reactions of polysaccharides is essential."

What did you do? "The candidate will participate in a research project to study the pyrolysis and combustion of natural occurring polysaccharides and their derivatives."

Awesome, simply awesome. When you're done burning organic material, what do you do with the skills you learn? Take an assistant professorship at Cigarette U?*

*All snark aside, I swear, if things get desperate enough, I'll be right there with ya, dipping cigarettes into pyrrolidine or whatever to make them taste better. 

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