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Soil Scientist Pursued Her Curiosity & Passion for Knowledge
Name: Wendy Peterman (she/her) PhD: Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2014 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Data Scientist Encourages Coding Skills
Name: Lauren Carter (she/her) PhD: Geography and Environmental Science, University of South Florida, 2023 What was your main area of...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Chief of Staff Recommends Broadening Your View
Name: Orion Tong (he/him) PhD: Oncology, Oxford University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I did transcriptomic and...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
From Sociology & Criminology PhD to Senior Data Analyst
Name: Story Edison (she/her) PhD: Sociology & Criminology, The Ohio State University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Science Writer Loves the Intellectual Stimulation
Name: Kristel Tjandra (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, University of New South Wales, 2018 What was your main area of research? My PhD area of...
Sep 27, 20243 min read
CEO Helping Women Get the Best Out of Academia
Name: Jen Harrison (she/her) PhD: English (Children’s) Literature, Aberystwyth University, 2009 What was your main area of research? My...
Sep 27, 20243 min read
Writer Discusses the Internal Struggle of Leaving Academia
Name: Calyn Maske (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
Technical Writer Encourages You to Picture Your Dream Job
Name: Cyrielle Tonneau (she/her) PhD: Biosciences (microbiology/human genetics), University of Exeter, 2019 What was your main area of...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
Civil Servant for the Government of India Impacts Policy
Name: Dhananjay Singh (he/him) PhD: Business Administration (Sustainable Supply Chain Management), Indian Institute of Technology...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
CEO at the Intersection of Tech & Environmental Stewardship
Name: Joseph Kao (he/him) PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2014 What was your main area of...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Consultant Shares Three Things to Think About for Interviews
Name: Kate Greeson (she/her) PhD: Environmental Health, University of Georgia, 2022 What was your main area of research? I researched...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
SEO Strategist Says Passion Does Not Pay the Bills
Name: Ryan Collins (he/him) PhD: Media Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 2021 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 21, 20241 min read
Principal and Owner Says to Do What You Love
Name: Carolyn Anderson (she/her) PhD: Organic Chemistry, University of California - Irvine, 2003 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
AI Researcher Loves Working With Messy Data
Name: Victor Murcia (he/him) PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University, 2022 What was your main area of...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Running a Venture Capital Fund During Graduate School
Name: Tyler Benster (he/him) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I built silent speech...
Sep 21, 20241 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
Consultant Loves the Fast-Paced Environment
Name: Robert Cortes (he/him) PhD: Cognitive Neuroscience, Georgetown University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Social Psychologist Works in the Entertainment Industry
Name: Maria Garay (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, Tufts University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how White...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Chemistry Fellow Says Leaving Academia Is Not Failing
Name: Kimberly Villar (she/her) PhD: Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2023 What was your main area...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Founder Saw a Greater Need & Created Her Own Career
Name: Crystal Herron, PhD, ELS (she/her) PhD: Biomedical Science, Albany Medical College, 2011 What was your main area of research? As...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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