Science Communication Consultant Also Founded a Company
Name: Stella Belonwu (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, University of California - San Francisco, 2021 What...
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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 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
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...
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 273 min read
CEO Helping Women Get the Best Out of Academia
Name: Jen Harrison (she/her) PhD: English (Children’s) Literature, Aberystwyth University, 2009 What was your main area of research? My...
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 213 min read
Principal and Owner Says to Do What You Love
Name: Carolyn Anderson (she/her) PhD: Organic Chemistry, University of California - Irvine, 2003 What was your main area of research? I...
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
Founder Saw a Greater Need & Created Her Own Career
Name: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Science, Albany Medical College, 2011 What was your main area of research? As...
Sep 132 min read
Strategic Solutions Lead Reminds Everyone to Have Grit
Name: Rahul Mohan (he/him) PhD: Anatomy/Neuroscience, University of New South Wales, 2016 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 121 min read
Medical Writer Runs Her Own Freelance Business
Name: Claudia Prahst (she/her) PhD: Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 2008 What was your main area of research? I spent 12 years...
Sep 104 min read
Nanotechnologist Now Runs Medical Writing Company
Name: Mariana Dalagnol (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), 2016 What was your...
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 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 35 min read
Freelance Medical Writer Loves the Freedom of Her Job
Name: Samantha Santangelo (she/her) PhD: Molecular Biology, King's College London, 2002 What was your main area of research? Human white...
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...
Aug 252 min read
Research From Her PhD Turned Into Her Company
Name: Caitlyn Miller (she/her) PhD: Bioengineering, Stanford, 2022 What was your main area of research? I was co-advised by Carolyn...
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