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Scientist Picked Up the Necessary Skills in Graduate School
Name: Sayantan Chatterjee (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, Stanford University, 2023 What is your current job? I am a Scientist (Oligonucleotide Chemistry) for Korro Bio, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I invent new chemistries to support Korro Bio’s oligonucleotide-based gene editing platform technology, including novel strategies to generate chemically modified nucleobases, sugar, and nucleic acid backbones. To achieve that, I operate modern automated oligo synthesizer instrumen
Oct 16, 20254 min read
Chief of Staff Specializes in Deep Tech Strategy
Name: Cam Watson (he/him) PhD: Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University College London, 2018 What is your current job? I am Chief of Staff for Nuclera, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In my job, I develop business strategy, identify markets to enter, build partnerships/collaborations for research and commercial teams, win funding from government and investors, and work with R&D to refine products based on market feedback. What is your favorite thing about your job? I lo
Oct 16, 20252 min read
Scientific Director and Founder Left Academia with a Startup
Name: Andrea Villanueva PhD: Cellular, Molecular Biology, and Neurosciences, Universidad de Chile, 2018 What is your current job? I am a...
Jul 21, 20253 min read
Startup Director Scaling Sustainable Fuels & Decarbonization
Name: Elvis Ebikade (he/him) PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2021 What is your current job? I am the Director for SAF...
Jul 21, 20252 min read
CEO Emphasizes Gaining Experience to See What You Like
Name: Gaurav Goyal (he/him) PhD: Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, 2015 What is your current job? I am the CEO of Nanolyze AB...
Jul 19, 20252 min read
Associate's Job Search Like Planning a Trip to a New City
Name: Nirali Rathwa PhD: Biochemistry, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2021 What was your main area of research? During my...
May 4, 20253 min read
Senior Scientist + Founder Gets to Mentor and Innovate
Name: Carmen Banks (she/her) PhD: Animal Biology (with Designated Emphasis in Reproductive Biology), University of California - Davis,...
May 1, 20253 min read
Senior Director Values the Experiences of Failure
Name: Shay Neufeld (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Harvard University, 2017 What was your main area of research? Armed with microscopes,...
Apr 30, 20253 min read
Senior Principal Data Scientist Advises You to Work in Public
Name: Eric Ma PhD: Biological Engineering, MIT, 2017 What was your main area of research? I studied influenza evolution and ecology....
Apr 26, 20252 min read
Global Lead Emphasizes That There Are No Rules
Name: Patricia Valerio (she/her) PhD: Neurosciences, University of Basel, 2022 What was your main area of research? My PhD focused on...
Apr 22, 20257 min read
Lead Data Scientist Says Her Job Is Never Boring!
Name: Maia Frieser (she/her) PhD: Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2020 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 22, 20253 min read
Linguist Works on Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses
Name: Alice Shen (she/her) PhD: Linguistics, University of California Berkeley, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Apr 16, 20252 min read
Scientist Loves Real World Impact and Good Work Hours
Name: Jerry Chien (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Apr 14, 20252 min read
Unsupportive Advisor + Layoff Didn't Stop this Manager
Name: Stephanie Silva-Del Toro (she/her) PhD: Immunology, University of Iowa, 2021 What was your main area of research? Neutrophils are...
Apr 14, 20254 min read
Director of Research Worked at the Company in Grad School
Name: Tricia Thrasher (she/her) PhD: Second Language Acquisition / French, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 What was...
Apr 14, 20252 min read
Director of Community Wanted Something Different
Name: Susanna Harris (she/her) PhD: Microbiology and Immunology, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2020 What was your main area of research? Just like...
Apr 14, 20253 min read
Meta Research Scientist Faced Challenges in Grad School
Name: Ronshee Chawla (he/him) PhD: Statistics and Machine Learning, University of Texas at Austin, 2024 What was your main area of...
Apr 14, 20255 min read
From PhD to Domain Expert Engineer in a Tech Company
Name: Marcial Otero (he/him) PhD: Electrical Engineering, National University of Rio Cuarto, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 13, 20253 min read
Biotech Scientist Advocates for Authenticity
Name: Jesse Weber (he/him) PhD: Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024 What was your main area of research? My major...
Apr 12, 20252 min read
Director of R&D Gives Tips for Career Prep You Should Do Now
Name: John Watkins (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Bath, 2012 What was your main area of research? I studied electrochemical...
Apr 11, 20253 min read
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