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Lab Coordinator Utilizes Her PhD Project Management Skills

Name: Sylwia Magdziarz (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 2025 What was your main area of research? I was working...

Apr 163 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

Research Data Facilitator Has a Lot of Freedom in His Career

Name: Brad Rittenhouse (he/him) PhD: English, University of Miami, 2017 What was your main area of research? I mostly looked at 19th...

Apr 143 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 142 min read

Director of Community Wanted Something Different

Name: Susanna Harris (she/her) PhD: Microbiology and Immunology, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2020 What was your main area of research? Just like...

Apr 143 min read

Medical Science Liaison Gets to Impact Patient Care

Name: Kate Lanza (she/her) PhD: Behavioral Neuroscience, SUNY - Binghamton, 2020 What was your main area of research? I did pre-clinical...

Apr 132 min read

Sales Representative Pursued a Path to Joy

Name: Brook Sweeten (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2020 What was your main area of research? My career has...

Apr 122 min read

Scientific Research Liaison Solves Problems from Grad School

Name: Beatriz Robinson (she/her) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied the impact...

Apr 122 min read

Content Acquisition Specialist Makes Science More Impactful

Name: Chandrika Konwar (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Science, University of Delhi, 2024 What was your main area of research? In my PhD...

Apr 114 min read

Medical Science Liaison Learns from Experts

Name: Emily Rogers (they/them) PhD: Neuroscience, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2021 What was your main area of research? I used humans...

Apr 92 min read

CEO & Co-Founder Builds Meaningful Relationships

Name: Elena Hoffer (she/her) PhD: Medical Sciences - Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...

Feb 172 min read

Program Manager Loves Her Work's Real-World Impact

Name: Kendra Lechtenberg (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2019 What was your main area of research?...

Feb 94 min read

Stewardship Director Manages 35,000 Acres of Conserved Land

Name: Maura Slocum (she/her) PhD: Soil Biogeochemistry (Earth & Environmental Science), University of Pennsylvania, 2024 What was your...

Oct 31, 20242 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

Medical Science Liaison Enjoys a Very Flexible Schedule

Name: Marcus Berndt (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2022 What was your main area of research? I studied...

Oct 11, 20242 min read

Chemist Now Works as a Scientific Concierge

Name: Jennifer Luke (she/her) PhD: Surface Chemistry, Duquesne University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I worked on...

Sep 21, 20242 min read

Medical Science Liaison Exchanges Scientific Information

Name: Laura Chambers (she/her) PhD: Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...

Sep 13, 20241 min read

Manager of Collaborations Fosters Academic Exchange

Name: Vaishnavi Sridhar (she/her) PhD: Cell and Developmental Biology, University of British Columbia, 2023 What was your main area of...

Sep 12, 20243 min read

Director for Global Scientific Publications Prioritizes Family

Name: Dipanwita Ghose (she/her) PhD: Psychology/Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my...

Sep 6, 20242 min read

Medical Science Liaison Wanted Patient-Focused Work

Name: Nikita Francis (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied the...