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Name: Yiying Zhao (she/her) PhD: Nutrition Science, Purdue University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I studied how the...
Jun 122 min read
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Human Factors Engineer Got the Job Through an Internship
Name: Blake Wagner (he/him) PhD: Human Factors Psychology, North Carolina State University, 2023 What was your main area of research? My...
Jun 123 min read
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Co-Founder Highly Values the Intellectual Rigor from Her PhD
Name: Shreya Jha (she/her) PhD: Sociology of Development (specialism: Women's agency in South Asia), University of Bath, 2018 What was...
Jun 124 min read
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Associate Director of Programs & Training Loves Leading People
Name: Chiara Bertipaglia (she/her) PhD: Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Heidelberg (joint with the European Molecular...
Jun 113 min read
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Research Analysts Learns About New Healthcare Developments
Name: Shanna Bowman PhD: Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016 What was your main area of research? I researched the...
May 62 min read
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Medical Science Liaison and the Call to Put Yourself Out There
Name: Nicole Kasica (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Wake Forest University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My PhD focused on drug...
May 62 min read
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Computational Linguist at Google Loves the Discovery
Name: Chris Stewart (he/him) PhD: French (Linguistics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 What was your main area of...
May 62 min read
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Data Analyst Reflected on Her Values
Name: Pamela Fuhrmeister (she/her) PhD: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2020 What was your main area...
May 63 min read
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Policy Analyst for Canada's 1st National School Food Program
Name: Nuala Bobowski (she/her) PhD: Food Science, University of Minnesota, 2013 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
May 63 min read
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AI/ML Engineer Involved in the Full Product Life-Cycle
Name: Lambert Leong PhD: Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 2023 What was your main area of research? During my PhD and Postdoc my...
May 62 min read
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UX Researcher Does Work That Leads to Actual Change!
Name: Courtney Tintzman (she/her) PhD: Psychological Science, Montana State University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My work...
May 62 min read
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Research Scientist Gets to Research New Technologies
Name: Manasi Doshi PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2021 What was your main area of research? I was trying to...
May 52 min read
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Doctor of a Pro Soccer Team Created His Own Path
Name: Leijs Maarten PhD: Medicine / Molecular Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2021 What was your main area of research? I...
May 52 min read
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Analyst & Scientist in Both the Technical + Business Sides
Name: Luke Savory (he/him) PhD: Physical Chemistry, University of Hull, 2015 What was your main area of research? My PhD involved...
May 53 min read
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Discovery Scientist & the Importance of Informational Interviews
Name: Suhasini Murali Iyengar (she/her) PhD: Computational Chemistry, Northeastern University, 2023 What was your main area of research?...
May 54 min read
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Senior Insights Manager for Target Is Curious for a Living
Name: Emma Beyers-Carlson (she/her) PhD: Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, 2018 What was your main area of research? I...
May 53 min read
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Science Writer & the Importance of Trying Things Out
Name: Manel Llado (he/him) PhD: Molecular Medicine, University of Milan, 2020 What was your main area of research? I developed...
May 52 min read
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15 Years in Academia - She Left & Never Looked Back
Name: Dena Huisman (she/her) PhD: Communication Studies, University of Iowa, 2008 What was your main area of research? My dissertation...
May 53 min read
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R&D Project Manager Encourages You to Start EARLY
Name: Bradley Schniers PhD: Biomedical Science & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 2022 What was your main area...
May 52 min read
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Program Officer Helps Trainees + Junior Faculty Find Their Way
Name: Delany Torres (he/him) PhD: Molecular Biophysics and Neuroscience, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, 2008 What was your main area of...
May 52 min read
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