Are you claiming you earned a Ph.D. in science?
If so, from what university and in what field?
Why? Because I don't believe "the right way" on what is really, when you get right down to the nuts and bolts, a philosophical controversy? If I might say, that is a pretty idiotic reason for suspecting that I am a "technician, not a scientist".
Are you claiming you earned a Ph.D. in science?
If so, from what university and in what field?
No, I earned a Masters in chemistry with an emphasis on synthetic organic chemistry, and did my thesis work on the synthesis, preparation, purification, and theory of mesophasic behaviour of bent-core liquid crystalline materials centred about the 1,3,4-oxadiazole core. This degree was earned from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Previous to that, I earned my Bachelors in chemistry from Truman State University, Kirksville MO, and put in three years of research on the alpha effect in N-methylbenzohydroxamates and phenyldimethylsulfonium salts, exploring the single electron transfer characteristics of the wavefunction of proposed SN2 transition states during the expulsion of methyl leaving groups, utilising electrochemical, magnetic resonance, and computational means. Since university, I have been involved in research projects such as the exploration of techniques for primary reference standard characterisation of pharmaceuticals to meet FDA requirements, using 1 and 2-D NMR, as well as a host of more mundane qualitative testing/method development projects in support of analytical work (mostly using NMR, DSC, and TGA); research into the synthesis of an insulin conjugate for orally delivered insulin (using technology I can't describe beyond this due to confidentiality agreement); and currently I am involved in investigating the optimisation of bench- and pilot-scale column chromatographic techniques for the purification of a promising protein candidate (again, confidentiality) for use in a vaccine being developed to protect children against streptococcus pneumoniae.
Hate to burst your bubble, but I am and have been actively involved in actual research, despite being recruited out of graduate school early back when the job market was at its hottest. I don't just sit around and push buttons and turn knobs.