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...
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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
Biopharma Consultant Manages R&D Projects
Name: Ana Costa (she/her) PhD: Infection Biology, Humboldt University, 2018 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Oct 102 min read
Scientist Enjoys the Environment of a Small Startup
Name: Shikha Sheth (she/her) PhD: Cancer Biology, Harvard University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I...
Oct 102 min read
Scientific Director Forges Industrial and Research Partnerships
Name: Aditi Bhattacharya (she/her) PhD: Molecular Neuroscience, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2009 What was your main area of...
Oct 12 min read
Chief of Staff Recommends Broadening Your View
Name: Orion Tong (he/him) PhD: Oncology, Oxford University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I did transcriptomic and...
Sep 242 min read
CEO at the Intersection of Tech & Environmental Stewardship
Name: Joseph Kao (he/him) PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2014 What was your main area of...
Sep 211 min read
Running a Venture Capital Fund During Graduate School
Name: Tyler Benster (he/him) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I built silent speech...
Sep 162 min read
Biotech After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Robin Lorenz (she/her) PhD: Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, MD/PhD 1990 What was your main area of...
Sep 133 min read
A Career Transition After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Chandrakanth Emani (Chandra) (he/him) PhD: Plant Molecular Genetics, Osmania University, India, 1997 What was your main area of...
Sep 131 min read
Head of Neuroscience Develops Protein Tools
Name: Rob Meijers (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 2001 What was your main area of research? I studied quantum...
Sep 101 min read
Scientist Leads Preclinical Projects to Develop Therapeutics
Name: Oday Abushalbaq (he/him) PhD: Molecular Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my...
Sep 102 min read
Chief of Staff Helps Run a Biotech Company
Name: Akela Kuwahara (she/her) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2020 What was your...
Sep 92 min read
Scientist Has Access to Fun and Cool Lab Equipment
Name: ChiChi Xie (she/her) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I studied...
Sep 92 min read
Principal Scientist Runs a Lab Similar to a Career in Academia
Name: Teddy Yewdell (he/him) PhD: Biochemistry, Stanford University, 2015 What was your main area of research? I did my PhD with Aaron...
Sep 72 min read
Mathematical Engineer Enjoys the Startup Life
Name: Kaleigh Mentzer (she/her) PhD: Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 73 min read
Senior Scientist Works on Cutting-Edge Technology
Name: Sam Kimmey (he/him) PhD: Developmental Biology, Stanford University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 62 min read
Founder Emphasizes Perseverance & Determination
Name: Bonnie EJ Maven (she/her/they/them) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2022 What...
Sep 53 min read
CSO Says There Is No Substitute for Experience
Name: Joe Arron (he/him) PhD: Immunology, Rockefeller University, 2002 (+MD from Cornell University, 2003) What was your main area of...
Sep 32 min read
Chemical Engineer Excited by the Private Sector
Name: Do Soon Kim (he/him) PhD: Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My research...
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