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...
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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 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 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 12 min read
Data Scientist Encourages Coding Skills
Name: Lauren Carter (she/her) PhD: Geography and Environmental Science, University of South Florida, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 272 min read
From Sociology & Criminology PhD to Senior Data Analyst
Name: Story Edison (she/her) PhD: Sociology & Criminology, The Ohio State University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 213 min read
AI Researcher Loves Working With Messy Data
Name: Victor Murcia (he/him) PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University, 2022 What was your main area of...
Sep 163 min read
Social Psychologist Works in the Entertainment Industry
Name: Maria Garay (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, Tufts University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how White...
Sep 162 min read
Chemistry Fellow Says Leaving Academia Is Not Failing
Name: Kimberly Villar (she/her) PhD: Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2023 What was your main area...
Sep 162 min read
Research Scientist Impacting the World Outside the Lab
Name: Jessica Ribado (she/her) PhD: Genetics, Stanford University, 2019 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I applied...
Sep 162 min read
Data Scientist Gives Advice for Better Interviews
Name: Ren Lopez (she/her) PhD: Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 162 min read
Lead Analyst of Energy Logistics Warns of Culture Shock
Name: Dimitri Schritt PhD: Mathematical Physics, University of Canterbury, 2012 What was your main area of research? I was working on...
Sep 134 min read
Chemist Works for The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Name: Rachel Lackner (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 What was your main area of research? My PhD was in...
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 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 93 min read
Chemist Tackling Problems in the Renewable Energy Industry
Name: Sabrine Cypher (she/her) PhD: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? My...
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