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Founder Helps Researchers Present in More Memorable Ways

Name: Andrew Churchill (he/him) PhD: Education, McGill University, 2011 What is your current job? I am the Founder of PresentBetter based...

Oct 4, 20253 min read

Academic Literacy Coordinator Recommends Getting Experience

Name: Olivia Inwood (she/her) PhD: Linguistics and Communication/Media Studies, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), 2023 What is...

Jul 21, 20258 min read

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 11, 20253 min read

Division Director of Research Started as Med School Faculty

Name: Kari Nilsen (she/her) PhD: Psychology, Wichita State University, 2015 What was your main area of research? My specialty area was...

May 4, 20252 min read

Learning Scientist Is an Subject Matter Expert in Literacy

Name: Jeannie Votypka (she/her) PhD: Literacy Studies, St. John’s University, 2019 What was your main area of research? My major area of...

May 1, 20251 min read

HRPP Manager Utilized Networking in Her Career Path

Name: Melissa Smith (she/her) PhD: Developmental Psychology, Clark University, 2006 What was your main area of research? I studied...

Apr 30, 20252 min read

Assistant Director for the Malaysian Ministry of Education

Name: Jarrod Sio Jyh Lih (he/him) PhD: Educational Management, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 2020 What was your main area of...

Apr 25, 20252 min read

Program Manager Impacts the Career Paths of Young Scholars

Name: Ellen Dobson (she/her) PhD: Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2010 What was your main area of research? I...

Apr 25, 20252 min read

Technology Transfer Specialist Gets to Evaluate Inventions

Name: Faheem Ullah (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience/Neuropharmacology, University of Western Sydney, 2020 What was your main area of research?...

Apr 23, 20252 min read

Professor of 10 Years, Now Director of Learning Sciences

Name: Shiv Smith Karunakaran (he/him) PhD: Curriculum & Instruction (Mathematics Education), Pennsylvania State University, 2014 What was...

Apr 23, 20252 min read

Program Coordinator Chose a Career That Supports Her Life

Name: Imon Candelaria (she/her) PhD: Cancer Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2021 What was your main area of research?...

Apr 21, 20253 min read

Director Supports the Vanguards of Generational Change

Name: Prabarna Ganguly (she/her) PhD: Psychology, Northeastern University, 2018 What was your main area of research? My thesis focused on...

Apr 17, 20254 min read

Associate Director Loves the Autonomy and Impact

Name: Adrienne Mueller (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Washington, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my PhD, I...

Apr 16, 20253 min read

Ethnomusicologist Took a Nonlinear Path to Her Current Role

Name: Meryl Krieger (she/her) PhD: Ethnomusicology, Indiana University Bloomington, 2009 What was your main area of research? My...

Apr 14, 20255 min read

Career Development Coordinator Shares His Secret Weapon

Name: Jevin Lortie (he/him) PhD: Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022 What was your main area of research? My...

Apr 14, 20252 min read

Founder Has Achieved Intellectual and Time Freedom

Name: Kaidi Wu (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, University of Michigan, 2020 What was your main area of research? My main area of...

Nov 23, 20243 min read

Career Development Manager Helps Postdocs Plan Their Career

Name: Anne-Sophie Bohrer (she/her) PhD: Plant Biology, Universite of Paris-Sud, 2012 What was your main area of research? During my PhD...

Oct 15, 20243 min read

Associate Vice Provost Working for Equity in Graduate Education

Name: Liz Silva (she/her) PhD: Developmental Biology/Genetics, University College London, 2006 What was your main area of research? I...

Oct 13, 20242 min read

Program Coordinator Also Advocates for Change

Name: Gracielle Higino (she/her) PhD: Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Brazil, 2021 What was your main area of...

Aug 30, 20242 min read

Neural Data Architect Working on Difficult Issues in Science

Name: Bryce Grier (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2020 What was your main area of research? As...