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Senior Consultant Focused on Transferable Skills

Name: Suchetana Gupta (she/her) PhD: Computational Biophysics, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2020 What was your main area of...

Apr 17, 20252 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 15, 20254 min read

Consultant Began Career Prep in His 2nd Year

Name: Tyler Ogorek (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2024 What was your main area of research? My PhD work...

Apr 15, 20252 min read

Consultant for Meta Puts Her PhD Learnings to Work

Name: Chayanika Saxena (she/her) PhD: Geography, National University of Singapore, 2022 What was your main area of research? The...

Apr 14, 20252 min read

Biomedical PhD Turned Solopreneur

Name: Alda Sabalic (she/her) PhD: Biomedicine, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, 2024 What was your main area of research? In my...

Apr 11, 20253 min read

Founding General Partner Helps Scientists Build Companies

Name: Elena Itskovich (she/her) PhD: Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, 2017 What was your main area of research? During my PhD,...

Apr 11, 20252 min read

Immunologist to Clinical Project Manager + Consultant

Name: Anthony Franchini (he/him) PhD: Immunology, Albany Medical College, 2014 What was your main area of research? I studied how chemicals present in our environment, such as those from burning plastics and other pollution sources, alter and dampen the immune response to respiratory pathogens including influenza A virus, SARS-Cov-2, S. pneumoniae, and M. tuberculosis. This is mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, or AHR. I expanded on this work to include studying the

Feb 9, 20252 min read

Venture Builder Helping People Adapt to Climate Change

Name: Walter Johnsen (he/him) PhD: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied...

Oct 29, 20243 min read

Consultant Loves the Constant Challenge

Name: Jeff Moffat (he/him) PhD: Developmental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska, 2018 What was your main area of research? In my...

Oct 13, 20243 min read

Consultant Fosters Engagement in Science & Publishing

Name: Maria Machado (she/her) PhD: Vascular Physiology, Ulster University, 2010 What was your main area of research? I designed and...

Oct 11, 20242 min read

Biopharma Consultant Manages R&D Projects

Name: Ana Costa (she/her) PhD: Infection Biology, Humboldt University, 2018 What was your main area of research? I studied the...

Oct 10, 20242 min read

Consultant Shares Three Things to Think About for Interviews

Name: Kate Greeson (she/her) PhD: Environmental Health, University of Georgia, 2022 What was your main area of research? I researched...

Sep 21, 20242 min read

Running a Venture Capital Fund During Graduate School

Name: Tyler Benster (he/him) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I built silent speech...

Sep 21, 20241 min read

Consultant Loves the Fast-Paced Environment

Name: Robert Cortes (he/him) PhD: Cognitive Neuroscience, Georgetown University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied...

Sep 16, 20242 min read

Chemistry Fellow Says Leaving Academia Is Not Failing

Name: Kimberly Villar (she/her) PhD: Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2023 What was your main area...

Sep 16, 20242 min read

Associate Director Emphasizes Having a Positive Attitude

Name: Joelle Martin (she/her) PhD: Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health; Virginia Tech, 2021 What was your main area of...

Sep 13, 20242 min read

A Cell Biologist Working in Patent Law

Name: Percy Griffin (he/him) PhD: Molecular Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2020 What was your main area of research?...

Sep 5, 20242 min read

JD + PhD Becomes an Investor

Name: Ishan Kumar (he/him) PhD: Stem Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Stanford University, 2023 What was/is your main area of research? I...

Aug 24, 20241 min read

A Biomedical Consultant Seeing Her Work's Immediate Impact

Name: Tuuli Hietamies (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, 2020 What is your current job? I am a consultant at Clearview...

Aug 11, 20242 min read