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Director of AI Oversees the Deployment of AI Innovation
Name: Srikanth Thudumu PhD: Artificial Intelligence, Swinburne University of Technology, 2021 What is your current job? I am the Director...
Jul 21, 20255 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
Director of External Scientific Affairs Facilitates Research
Name: Valerie Estela-Pro (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Brown University, 2020 What is your current job? I am the Director of External...
Jul 21, 20253 min read
Microsoft Business Program Manager Used Her Outer Network
Name: Sabrina Bonaparte (she/her) PhD: Sociology, University of Washington, 2012 What is your current job? I am a Senior Business Program...
Jul 21, 20252 min read
Systems Engineer Is Encouraged to Always Keep Learning
Name: Luiza Fabreti (she/her) PhD: Computational Biology/Evolutionary Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), 2022 What is...
Jul 21, 20252 min read
Director of Clinical Operations Turns Discoveries into Real Tools
Name: Roberta Gatta PhD: Molecular Bacteriology, University of Gdansk, 2024 What is your current job? I am the Director of Clinical...
Jul 21, 20252 min read
Environmental Risk & Compliance Supervisor Had Resilience
Name: Kevin Tambwe PhD: Electro-Analytical Chemistry, CY Cergy Paris University, 2024 What is your current job? I am currently working as...
Jul 21, 20254 min read
Project Manager Surprised About Her Favorite Part of the Job
Name: Micaela Machado Querido (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, 2022 What is your current job? I am a Project...
Jul 19, 20252 min read
Medical Strategist Goes from Ideas to Impact
Name: Christella Gordon-Kim (she/her) PhD: Biomolecular Chemistry, Emory University, 2023 What is your current job? I am a Medical...
Jul 19, 20253 min read
Engineering Team Lead Shares 8 Steps for Securing the Job
Name: Samvit Menon (he/him) PhD: Physics and Materials Science, Manipal University, 2017 What is your current job? I am an Engineering...
Jul 19, 20253 min read
Sr. Licensing Associate Needed to Be a Part of the Big Picture
Name: Catherine Murari-Kanti PhD: Cancer Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2015 What is your current job? I am a Senior...
Jul 19, 20253 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
Medical Science Liaison and the Call to Put Yourself Out There
Name: Nicole Kasica (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Wake Forest University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My PhD focused on drug...
May 6, 20252 min read
Doctor of a Pro Soccer Team Created His Own Path
Name: Leijs Maarten PhD: Medicine / Molecular Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2021 What was your main area of research? I...
May 5, 20252 min read
Program Officer Helps Trainees + Junior Faculty Find Their Way
Name: Delany Torres (he/him) PhD: Molecular Biophysics and Neuroscience, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, 2008 What was your main area of...
May 5, 20252 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 5, 20252 min read
Senior Advisor Amplifies the Patient Voice
Name: Ekin Secinti (she/her) PhD: Clinical Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2022 What was your main area of...
May 4, 20253 min read
Field Application Scientist Didn't Expect This Job
Name: Cody Kowalski (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Washington State University, 2019 What was your main area of research? I used single-cell...
May 4, 20254 min read
Nonprofit Manager Highly Recommends Volunteering
Name: Clare Gordon Bettencourt (she/her) PhD: History, University of California - Irvine, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
May 4, 20253 min read
People Analytics Analyst Loves the Detective Work
Name: Faz Abdul Karim (he/him) PhD: Industrial Organizational Psychology, Indiana University - Indianapolis, 2022 What was your main area...
May 4, 20252 min read
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