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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
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
Founder + Executive Coach Emphasizes Self-Awareness
Name: Nell Masey O'Neill (she/her) PhD: Nutrition and Biochemistry, University of Nottingham, 2008 What was your main area of research?...
May 52 min read
Business Development Manager Is a Core Part of Success
Name: David Zermeño Pérez (he/him) PhD: Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University College Dublin, 2024 What was your main area of...
May 44 min read
Consultant's Grad School Side Hustle Turned Full-Time Career
Name: Justus Hillebrand (he/him) PhD: History, University of Maine, 2021 What was your main area of research? I researched the history of...
May 42 min read
Business Development Associate Sees the Work's Impact
Name: Tom Ng (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, 2024 What was your main area of research? My research focused on spinal...
May 32 min read
Founder Created a Job That Unites Her Passions
Name: Sylwia Nowakowska (she/her) PhD: Nanoscience, University of Basel, 2016 What was your main area of research? I performed...
May 22 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 13 min read
Senior Scientist Unafraid to Take Chances
Name: Ofer Yizhar-Barnea (he/him) PhD: Molecular Genetics, Tel Aviv University, 2018 What was your main area of research? PhD: Studied...
May 12 min read
Business Owner Call You to Prioritize Your Needs
Name: Luna Munoz (she/her) PhD: Applied Developmental Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2005 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 293 min read
Data Science Manager Leads Machine Learning Solutions
Name: Ginny Zhu (she/her) PhD: Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2022 What was your main area of...
Apr 252 min read
Business Development Manager Learned to Be Uncomfortable
Name: Adam Pirie (he/him) PhD: Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tasmania, 2014 What was your main area of research? My PhD was a...
Apr 242 min read
Founder & CEO Has a Recipe for a Meaningful Career
Name: Kyle Todd (he/him) PhD: Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, 2020 What was your main area of research? I worked to discover...
Apr 202 min read
Research Associate Values Her Intellectual Curiosity
Name: Tara Riggs (she/her) PhD: Political Science, Binghamton University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied sexism and...
Apr 203 min read
From Historical Musicology PhD to Business Analyst
Name: Alison DeSimone (she/her) PhD: Historical Musicology, University of Michigan, 2013 What was your main area of research? My research...
Apr 183 min read
Science Business Analyst Tackles Cross-Functional Projects
Name: Hannah Dear (she/her) PhD: Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 2024 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 154 min read
CEO Says to Be a Decent Human + Take Risks
Name: Daria Chrobok PhD: Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 2018 What was your main area of research? I worked on the physiology of...
Apr 143 min read
Business Intelligence Developer Builds Data Models
Name: Eric James Stephens (he/him) PhD: Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design, Clemson University, 2018 What was your main area...
Apr 141 min read
Environmental Biologist + Founder Helps the Natural World
Name: Silvia Pineda-Munoz (she/her) PhD: Ecology and Paleontology, Macquarie University, 2016 What was your main area of research? My PhD...
Apr 123 min read
Science Communication Consultant Gets to Be Her Own Boss
Name: Sarah Ellinwood (she/her) PhD: Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Maryland, 2017 What was your main area of research? My...
Apr 124 min read
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