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Consultant Shares Three Things to Think About for Interviews
Name: Â Kate Greeson (she/her) PhD: Â Environmental Health, University of Georgia, 2022 What was your main area of research? I researched...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
SEO Strategist Says Passion Does Not Pay the Bills
Name: Â Ryan Collins (he/him) PhD: Â Media Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 2021 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 21, 20241 min read
Principal and Owner Says to Do What You Love
Name: Â Carolyn Anderson (she/her) PhD: Â Organic Chemistry, University of California - Irvine, 2003 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
AI Researcher Loves Working With Messy Data
Name: Â Victor Murcia (he/him) PhD: Â Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University, 2022 What was your main area of...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Running a Venture Capital Fund During Graduate School
Name: Â Tyler Benster (he/him) PhD: Â Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I built silent speech...
Sep 21, 20241 min read
Chemist Now Works as a Scientific Concierge
Name: Â Jennifer Luke (she/her) PhD: Â Surface Chemistry, Duquesne University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I worked on...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Consultant Loves the Fast-Paced Environment
Name: Â Robert Cortes (he/him) PhD: Â Cognitive Neuroscience, Georgetown University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Social Psychologist Works in the Entertainment Industry
Name: Â Maria Garay (she/her) PhD: Â Social Psychology, Tufts University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how White...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Chemistry Fellow Says Leaving Academia Is Not Failing
Name: Â Kimberly Villar (she/her) PhD: Â Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2023 What was your main area...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Founder Saw a Greater Need & Created Her Own Career
Name: Â Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS (she/her) PhD: Â Biomedical Science, Albany Medical College, 2011 What was your main area of research? As...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Research Scientist Impacting the World Outside the Lab
Name: Â Jessica Ribado (she/her) PhD: Â Genetics, Stanford University, 2019 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I applied...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Data Scientist Gives Advice for Better Interviews
Name: Â Ren Lopez (she/her) PhD: Â Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Biotech After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Â Robin Lorenz (she/her) PhD: Â Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, MD/PhD 1990 What was your main area of...
Sep 16, 20242 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 16, 20242 min read
Assistant Professor Now Managing Editor
Name: Â Clare Wilhelm (he/him) PhD: Â Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, 2006 What was your main area of...
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Chemist Works for The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Name: Â Rachel Lackner (she/her) PhD: Â Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 What was your main area of research? My PhD was in...
Sep 13, 20244 min read
A Career Transition After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Â Chandrakanth Emani (Chandra) (he/him) PhD: Â Plant Molecular Genetics, Osmania University, India, 1997 What was your main area of...
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Associate Director Emphasizes Having a Positive Attitude
Name: Â Joelle Martin (she/her) PhD: Â Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health; Virginia Tech, 2021 What was your main area of...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Strategic Solutions Lead Reminds Everyone to Have Grit
Name: Â Rahul Mohan (he/him) PhD: Â Anatomy/Neuroscience, University of New South Wales, 2016 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Medical Science Liaison Exchanges Scientific Information
Name: Â Laura Chambers (she/her) PhD: Â Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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