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Field Applications Scientist Connects Tools & Scientists
Name: Amanda Dossat (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2016 What was your main area of research? In my PhD, I...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Director of Open Science Gets Paid to Make Science Better
Name: Monica Granados (she/her) PhD: Ecology, McGill University, 2016 What was your main area of research? I studied the effect...
Sep 3, 20241 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
Medical Director Improving Treatment for Cancer Patients
Name: Jill Daigneault (she/her) PhD: Cancer Biology, University of Michigan, 2017 What was your main area of research? In my PhD, I...
Aug 30, 20243 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 30, 20242 min read
Strategic Alliances Manager Working on a Global Scale
Name: Yara Reis (she/her) PhD: Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, 2011 What was your main area of research? My research involved...
Aug 28, 20244 min read
Medical Science Liaison Contributes to Advancing Patient Care
Name: Brandon McFarlin (he/him) PhD: Medical Biology, University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine, 2022 What was your...
Aug 27, 20243 min read
Reading & Talking About Science Without Doing Experiments
Name: Greg Gillispie (he/him) PhD: Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Medical Science Liaison For Neurodegenerative Diseases
Name: Christopher Gallardo (he/him) PhD: Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 2018 What was your main area of research? The majority...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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