Some of these skin infections are actually treated in burn units of hospitals due to their seriousness. Most cases of ichthyosis are genetic in that a parent with the disease can pass it on to their children. It is not uncommon for a parent to have mild ichthyosis and the child to have more severe disease. Most children with icthyosis are born without evidence of the disease and develop symptoms in later childhood. Some forms of ichthyosis are also more severe in childhood, improve in young adulthood and worsen in old age.
Paleontology combines biology and geology, and paleontologists need a broad scientific training. In high school, you'll need to take biology, chemistry, physics and math. When you move onto college, there are two possible pathways. Invertebrate paleontologists usually take a B.S. in geology with a minor in zoology. Vertebrate paleontologists commonly take the opposite route, a B.S. in zoology with a minor in geology, although some enter the field through geology.
Assistant professors with a Ph.D. degree in paleontology earn starting salaries of $40,000 to $60,000 for a nine-month academic year, according to The Paleontological Society.eoscientists working in oil and gas extraction earn the most, $139,390 a year on average, according to the BLS. Given the high pay for working in oil and gas extraction, most geoscientists work in Texas, where they earned an average annual salary of $130,200 as of May 2011, according to BLS research.