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Nov 233 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...
Oct 153 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 132 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...
Aug 302 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 302 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...
Aug 212 min read
Art History PhD Turned Entrepreneur
Name: George Philip “GP” LeBourdais (he/him) PhD: Art History and Digital Humanities, Stanford University, 2018 What is your current...
Aug 213 min read
An Education Liaison Improving School Communities
Name: Nelson Endebo (he/him) PhD: Comparative Literature, Stanford University, 2024 What is your current job? I am a Leadership...
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