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UX Researcher Says Being Down-to-Earth Is Helpful
Name: Sherman Kwok (he/him) PhD: Social Psychology, University of Waterloo, 2021 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Apr 30, 20252 min read
Digital R&D Manager Solves Agronomic Challenges
Name: Kirt L. Durand (he/him) PhD: Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University, 2014 What was your main area of research? I studied how free...
Apr 30, 20252 min read
HRPP Manager Utilized Networking in Her Career Path
Name: Melissa Smith (she/her) PhD: Developmental Psychology, Clark University, 2006 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Apr 30, 20252 min read
Senior Director Values the Experiences of Failure
Name: Shay Neufeld (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Harvard University, 2017 What was your main area of research? Armed with microscopes,...
Apr 30, 20253 min read
Program Director Works to Produce Geospatial Intelligence
Name: Nathanael Bassett (he/him) PhD: Communication / Media Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020 What was your main area of...
Apr 29, 20252 min read
Economics PhD Now Camping in the Fields with Marines
Name: Adam Clemens (he/him) PhD: Economics, University of Chicago, 2010 What was your main area of research? My dissertation was on...
Apr 29, 20253 min read
Formulation Scientist Never Had Academia on Her Radar
Name: Christián Henry (she/her) PhD: Forestry, Michigan State University, 2022 What was your main area of research? In my PhD research, I...
Apr 29, 20252 min read
Operations Manager Develops Life Science Buildings
Name: Francesco Nicolini (he/him) PhD: Molecular Biology, King's College London, 2018 What was your main area of research? I worked on...
Apr 29, 20252 min read
Technical Project Manager Helps Scientists Solve Problems
Name: Rachel Harris (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2017 What was your main area of research? I studied how changing...
Apr 29, 20252 min read
Senior Specialty Agronomist Advises to Start Interning Now!
Name: Shandrea Stallworth (she/her) PhD: Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, 2021 What was your main area of research?...
Apr 29, 20253 min read
Product Analyst Values Being Recognized
Name: Jordana Andrade (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Goias, 2024 What was your main area of research?...
Apr 28, 20255 min read
Training and Support Officer Followed Her Heart
Name: Rita-Noelle Moussa (she/her) PhD: Chemical/Bioprocess Engineering, University of Aberdeen, 2024 What was your main area of...
Apr 28, 20252 min read
Field Application Scientist Loves the Interaction with Customers
Name: Yasenya Kasikci (she/her) PhD: Functional Genomics and Cancer, University of Strasbourg, 2023 What was your main area of research?...
Apr 27, 20252 min read
Process Development Engineer Shares the Value of Mindset
Name: Sanaz Zarabi (she/her) PhD: Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Aalto University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 27, 20252 min read
Senior Principal Data Scientist Advises You to Work in Public
Name: Eric Ma PhD: Biological Engineering, MIT, 2017 What was your main area of research? I studied influenza evolution and ecology....
Apr 26, 20252 min read
Process Engineer Emphasizes Research Productivity
Name: Supun Attanayake (he/him) PhD: Applied Physics, University of South Florida, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Apr 26, 20251 min read
Specialist Makes Science Accessible at a Global Level
Name: Adolfo Lara (he/him) PhD: Comparative Biology, Richard Gilder Graduate School, 2018 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Apr 26, 20253 min read
Data Science Manager Leads Machine Learning Solutions
Name: Ginny Zhu (she/her) PhD: Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2022 What was your main area of...
Apr 25, 20252 min read
Product Insights Manager Says to Get Corporate Experience
Name: Marina Chernikova (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, University of Maryland, 2018 What was your main area of research? My research...
Apr 24, 20251 min read
Business Development Manager Learned to Be Uncomfortable
Name: Adam Pirie (he/him) PhD: Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tasmania, 2014 What was your main area of research? My PhD was a...
Apr 24, 20252 min read
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