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Technology Transfer Specialist Gets to Evaluate Inventions

Name: Faheem Ullah (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology, University of Western Sydney, 2020 What was your main area of research?...

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Professor of 10 Years, Now Director of Learning Sciences

Name: Shiv Smith Karunakaran (he/him) PhD: Curriculum & Instruction (Mathematics Education), Pennsylvania State University, 2014 What was...

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Program Coordinator Chose a Career That Supports Her Life

Name: Imon Candelaria (she/her) PhD: Cancer Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2021 What was your main area of research?...

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Director Supports the Vanguards of Generational Change

Name: Prabarna Ganguly (she/her) PhD: Psychology, Northeastern University, 2018 What was your main area of research? My thesis focused on...

7 days ago4 min read

Associate Director Loves the Autonomy and Impact

Name: Adrienne Mueller (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Washington, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my PhD, I...

Apr 163 min read

Ethnomusicologist Took a Nonlinear Path to Her Current Role

Name: Meryl Krieger (she/her) PhD: Ethnomusicology, Indiana University Bloomington, 2009 What was your main area of research? My...

Apr 145 min read

Career Development Coordinator Shares His Secret Weapon

Name: Jevin Lortie (he/him) PhD: Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022 What was your main area of research? My...

Apr 142 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...

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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 15, 20243 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 13, 20242 min read

Program Coordinator Also Advocates for Change

Name: Gracielle Higino (she/her) PhD: Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Brazil, 2021 What was your main area of...

Aug 30, 20242 min read

Neural Data Architect Working on Difficult Issues in Science

Name: Bryce Grier (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2020 What was your main area of research? As...