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How drugs are made
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Many math applications or
Communications, satellites
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PHZ Capital Partners
Financial modeling and prediction
Profiles of industrial mathematicians
Laura A. Bloom
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Medium to large firms
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Don’t just look for ‘R & D’ departments
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Laura A. Bloom
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3. What Math Industrial Mathematicians Use
Laura A. Bloom
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4. Hot Areas of Employment
Bioinformatics
Genetics, biochemistry, synthetic chemistry
Databases, programming (Oracle)
Statistical data mining, pattern matching
Biostatistics
Statistics, including design of (human) experiments
Programming (SAS)
Basic biology, chemistry, properties of known drugs
Laura A. Bloom
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

5. General Marketable Math Skills
Problem solving
Skill in formulating, modeling and solving diverse problems
Analytical skills
Flexibility
Interest in, knowledge of and flexibility across different applications
Computation
Knowledge of and experience with computation
Programming, numerical analysis, calculus
Communication
Spoken and written communication skills
Teamwork
Adeptness at working with others but can function independently
Laura A. Bloom
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.