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Human Factors Engineer Got the Job Through an Internship
Name: Blake Wagner (he/him) PhD: Human Factors Psychology, North Carolina State University, 2023 What was your main area of research? My...
Jun 123 min read
Co-Founder Highly Values the Intellectual Rigor from Her PhD
Name: Shreya Jha (she/her) PhD: Sociology of Development (specialism: Women's agency in South Asia), University of Bath, 2018 What was...
Jun 124 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 113 min read
Research Analysts Learns About New Healthcare Developments
Name: Shanna Bowman PhD: Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016 What was your main area of research? I researched the...
May 62 min read
Computational Linguist at Google Loves the Discovery
Name: Chris Stewart (he/him) PhD: French (Linguistics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 What was your main area of...
May 62 min read
Data Analyst Reflected on Her Values
Name: Pamela Fuhrmeister (she/her) PhD: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, 2020 What was your main area...
May 63 min read
AI/ML Engineer Involved in the Full Product Life-Cycle
Name: Lambert Leong PhD: Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 2023 What was your main area of research? During my PhD and Postdoc my...
May 62 min read
UX Researcher Does Work That Leads to Actual Change!
Name: Courtney Tintzman (she/her) PhD: Psychological Science, Montana State University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My work...
May 62 min read
Research Scientist Gets to Research New Technologies
Name: Manasi Doshi PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2021 What was your main area of research? I was trying to...
May 52 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 52 min read
Analyst & Scientist in Both the Technical + Business Sides
Name: Luke Savory (he/him) PhD: Physical Chemistry, University of Hull, 2015 What was your main area of research? My PhD involved...
May 53 min read
Discovery Scientist & the Importance of Informational Interviews
Name: Suhasini Murali Iyengar (she/her) PhD: Computational Chemistry, Northeastern University, 2023 What was your main area of research?...
May 54 min read
Senior Insights Manager for Target Is Curious for a Living
Name: Emma Beyers-Carlson (she/her) PhD: Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, 2018 What was your main area of research? I...
May 53 min read
15 Years in Academia - She Left & Never Looked Back
Name: Dena Huisman (she/her) PhD: Communication Studies, University of Iowa, 2008 What was your main area of research? My dissertation...
May 53 min read
R&D Project Manager Encourages You to Start EARLY
Name: Bradley Schniers PhD: Biomedical Science & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 2022 What was your main area...
May 52 min read
AI Engineer Works for an International Law Firm
Name: Anna Koroleva (she/her) PhD: Computer Science, Université Paris-Saclay / University of Amsterdam (Joint degree), 2019 What was your...
May 53 min read
R&D Manager Uses the Tools From His PhD
Name: Riccardo Taormina (he/him) PhD: Nanomaterials, Politecnico di Milano, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied a novel...
May 42 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 43 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 44 min read
Research Lead Stresses the Value of Being Open and Positive
Name: Helia Taheri (she/her) PhD: Design (Human-Building Interaction), North Carolina State University, 2021 What was your main area of...
May 42 min read
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