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Chemist Tackling Problems in the Renewable Energy Industry
Name: Â Sabrine Cypher (she/her) PhD: Â Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? My...
Sep 9, 20243 min read
Mathematical Engineer Enjoys the Startup Life
Name: Â Kaleigh Mentzer (she/her) PhD: Â Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 7, 20242 min read
Senior Scientist Works on Cutting-Edge Technology
Name: Â Sam Kimmey (he/him) PhD: Â Developmental Biology, Stanford University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 7, 20243 min read
Spectroscopist With Specific Advice for Women
Name: Â Phoebe Askelson (she/her) PhD: Â Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I...
Sep 6, 20244 min read
CSO Says There Is No Substitute for Experience
Name: Â Joe Arron (he/him) PhD: Â Immunology, Rockefeller University, 2002 (+MD from Cornell University, 2003) What was your main area of...
Sep 5, 20243 min read
Project Scientist Drawn to a Role That Extends Beyond the Lab
Name: Derin Mary Thomas (she/her) PhD: Â Radiation Biology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University),Vellore, India What was your...
Sep 3, 20243 min read
From Designing Biosensors to Designing Patient Screenings
Name: Katarina Nemec (she/her) PhD: Â Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, 2022 What was your main area of research? By using molecular...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Neural Data Architect Working on Difficult Issues in Science
Name: Bryce Grier (he/him) PhD: Â Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2020 What was your main area of research? As...
Aug 30, 20242 min read
Drug Development to Transform the Lives of Kids with Disability
Name: Jan Lui (he/him) PhD: Â Biomedical Sciences/Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, 2011 What was your main area of...
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Data Scientist Encourages Doing Internships
Name: Albee Ling (she/her) PhD: Â Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Data Scientist in a Fast-Paced & Collaborative Environment
Name: Jordan Sorokin (he/him) PhD: Â Neuroscience, Stanford, 2019 What was your main area of research? I studied the neural dynamics...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Job in Industry as the Best Financial Decision
Name: Erin Sanders (she/her) PhD: Â Stanford University, Developmental Biology, 2021 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Aug 26, 20242 min read
Immunologist With a Desire for More Translational Work
Name: Sally Demirdjian (she/her) PhD: Â Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth, 2020 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I...
Aug 25, 20243 min read
Allen Institute Investigator Works With Cutting-Edge Data
Name: Forrest Collman (he/him) PhD: Â Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, Princeton, 2010 What was your main area of research? In my PhD,...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Senior Director of Drug Discovery Says to Trust Your Training
Name: Aimee Iberg (she/her) PhD: Â Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009...
Aug 25, 20241 min read
NASA Scientist Studies Effects of Space Radiation & Lunar Dust
Name: Egle Cekanaviciute (she/her) PhD: Â Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2014 What was/is your main area of research? I currently...
Aug 23, 20243 min read
Environmental Engineer Advances California's Decarbonization
Name: Jon Bradshaw (he/him) PhD: Â Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My...
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Machine Learning Scientist With a Free & Rewarding Career
Name: Eshed Margalit (he/him) PhD: Â Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2022 What is your current job? I am a Machine Learning Scientist...
Aug 21, 20242 min read
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