Industry Success After Mastering Out
Name: Dean Lee (he/him) Left PhD with a Master’s: Neuroscience, Harvard University, 2018 Disclaimer: This individual did not fully...
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Nov 233 min read
Founder Has Achieved Intellectual and Time Freedom
Name: Kaidi Wu (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, University of Michigan, 2020 What was your main area of research? My main area of...
Nov 233 min read
Cardiovascular Biologist to Scientific Marketing Manager
Name: Ben Thomas (he/him) PhD: Cardiovascular Biology, University of Edinburgh, 2022 What was your main area of research? I looked at...
Nov 25 min read
Biomedical Scientist Landed Her Dream Job
Name: Madison Phelps (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2023 What was your main area of...
Oct 312 min read
Stewardship Director Manages 35,000 Acres of Conserved Land
Name: Maura Slocum (she/her) PhD: Soil Biogeochemistry (Earth & Environmental Science), University of Pennsylvania, 2024 What was your...
Oct 293 min read
Venture Builder Helping People Adapt to Climate Change
Name: Walter Johnsen (he/him) PhD: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Oct 152 min read
Science Communication Consultant Also Founded a Company
Name: Stella Belonwu (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, University of California - San Francisco, 2021 What...
Oct 153 min read
Career Development Manager Helps Postdocs Plan Their Career
Name: Anne-Sophie Bohrer (she/her) PhD: Plant Biology, Universite of Paris-Sud, 2012 What was your main area of research? During my PhD...
Oct 132 min read
Tenured Associate Professor Becomes a Founder
Name: Aditi Paul (she/her) PhD: Communication Studies, Michigan State University, 2015 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Oct 132 min read
Associate Vice Provost Working for Equity in Graduate Education
Name: Liz Silva (she/her) PhD: Developmental Biology/Genetics, University College London, 2006 What was your main area of research? I...
Oct 134 min read
Behavioral Researcher Has Worked in Industry Since College
Name: Brittany Currenti (she/her) PhD: Marketing, University of Adelaide, 2025 What was your main area of research? My PhD focused on...
Oct 133 min read
Consultant Loves the Constant Challenge
Name: Jeff Moffat (he/him) PhD: Developmental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska, 2018 What was your main area of research? In my...
Oct 132 min read
Cell Biologist Turned Product Marketing Manager
Name: Ana Jiménez Orgaz (she/her) PhD: Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 2019 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Oct 123 min read
Consumer Intelligence Analyst & Her Leaving-Academia Process
Name: Summer Kim (she/her) PhD: Marketing, University of Kansas, 2023 What was your main area of research? Within Marketing, I focused...
Oct 124 min read
Analyst for the Department of Energy & a Book Author
Name: Magdalena Sandoval Donahue (she/her) PhD: Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2016 What was your main area of...
Oct 123 min read
From Archaeology to Owning a Business
Name: Elaine Massung (she/her) PhD: Archaeology/Computer Science, University of Bristol, 2010 What was your main area of research? My...
Oct 112 min read
Medical Science Liaison Enjoys a Very Flexible Schedule
Name: Marcus Berndt (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2022 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Oct 112 min read
Consultant Fosters Engagement in Science & Publishing
Name: Maria Machado (she/her) PhD: Vascular Physiology, Ulster University, 2010 What was your main area of research? I designed and...
Oct 112 min read
Associate Director of Business Development Says to Be Bold
Name: William (Chip) Beckwith (he/him) PhD: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, 2000 What was your main area of...
Oct 102 min read
Leaving Academia Was This Founder's Toughest Decision
Name: Lenny Teytelman (he/him) PhD: Molecular Biology, University of California - Berkeley, 2009 What was your main area of research? I...
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