skip to main content
Pilar Herrera-Fierro

Pilar Herrera-Fierro

University of Michigan

Career Roadmap

Pilar's work combines: Science, Education, and Learning / Being Challenged

See more careers and stories that connect to your interests.

Take Roadmap Quiz

Day In The Life

Supervisor User Services at LNF

Nanofabrication

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    University of Concepcion, Chile

  • Doctorate

    Chemical Engineering

    University of Concepcion, Chile

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Nanosystems Engineers:

Doctorate

Learn more about different paths to this career

Life & Career Milestones

My path in life took a while to figure out

  • 1.

    Was good at science.

  • 2.

    I became an engineer.

  • 3.

    Then discovered research and science.

  • 4.

    Then got a masters in science

  • 5.

    Got a PhD in science.

  • 6.

    Got good at spectroscopy/surface science.

  • 7.

    Then learned semiconductor fabrication.

  • 8.

    I teach nanofabrication.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Society in general:

    You should stay home and raise your kids.

  • How I responded:

    I established myself as a professional, then I had kids, stayed at home for a while and went back to work.

Experiences and challenges that shaped me

Click to expand

  • Be the best in the group of peers.

Related Leaders

No related leaders found