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Research Scientist Impacting the World Outside the Lab
Name: Â Jessica Ribado (she/her) PhD: Â Genetics, Stanford University, 2019 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I applied...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Data Scientist Gives Advice for Better Interviews
Name: Â Ren Lopez (she/her) PhD: Â Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Biotech After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Â Robin Lorenz (she/her) PhD: Â Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, MD/PhD 1990 What was your main area of...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Lead Analyst of Energy Logistics Warns of Culture Shock
Name:  Dimitri Schritt PhD:  Mathematical Physics, University of Canterbury, 2012 What was your main area of research? I was working on...
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Assistant Professor Now Managing Editor
Name: Â Clare Wilhelm (he/him) PhD: Â Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, 2006 What was your main area of...
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Chemist Works for The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Name: Â Rachel Lackner (she/her) PhD: Â Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 What was your main area of research? My PhD was in...
Sep 13, 20244 min read
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A Career Transition After 25 Years in Academia
Name: Â Chandrakanth Emani (Chandra) (he/him) PhD: Â Plant Molecular Genetics, Osmania University, India, 1997 What was your main area of...
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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Associate Director Emphasizes Having a Positive Attitude
Name: Â Joelle Martin (she/her) PhD: Â Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health; Virginia Tech, 2021 What was your main area of...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Strategic Solutions Lead Reminds Everyone to Have Grit
Name: Â Rahul Mohan (he/him) PhD: Â Anatomy/Neuroscience, University of New South Wales, 2016 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Medical Science Liaison Exchanges Scientific Information
Name: Â Laura Chambers (she/her) PhD: Â Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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Head of Neuroscience Develops Protein Tools
Name: Â Rob Meijers (he/him) PhD: Â Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 2001 What was your main area of research? I studied quantum...
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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Medical Writer Helps Clinicians Make Decisions
Name: Â Sean Ogden (he/him) PhD: Â Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2019 What was your main area of research? As a grad student, I...
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Medical Writer Runs Her Own Freelance Business
Name: Â Claudia Prahst (she/her) PhD: Â Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 2008 What was your main area of research? I spent 12 years...
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Manager of Collaborations Fosters Academic Exchange
Name: Â Vaishnavi Sridhar (she/her) PhD: Â Cell and Developmental Biology, University of British Columbia, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Scientist Leads Preclinical Projects to Develop Therapeutics
Name: Â Oday Abushalbaq (he/him) PhD: Â Molecular Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my...
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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Nanotechnologist Now Runs Medical Writing Company
Name: Â Mariana Dalagnol (she/her) PhD: Â Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), 2016 What was your...
Sep 10, 20244 min read
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Chief of Staff Helps Run a Biotech Company
Name: Â Akela Kuwahara (she/her) PhD: Â Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2020 What was your...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
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Editor-in-Chief of AMWA Journal Working His Dream Job
Name: Â Michael Baker (he/him) PhD: Â Behavioral Neuroscience, University of California - Berkeley, 1993 What was your main area of...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
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Retired Writer Now Runs a Farm
Name: Â Kathy Spiegel (she/her) PhD: Â Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, 1984 What was your main area of research? For my...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
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Scientist Has Access to Fun and Cool Lab Equipment
Name: Â ChiChi Xie (she/her) PhD: Â Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I studied...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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