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Principal Scientist Runs a Lab Similar to a Career in Academia
Name: Teddy Yewdell (he/him) PhD: Biochemistry, Stanford University, 2015 What was your main area of research? I did my PhD with Aaron...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Chemist Tackling Problems in the Renewable Energy Industry
Name: Sabrine Cypher (she/her) PhD: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? My...
Sep 9, 20243 min read
Mathematical Engineer Enjoys the Startup Life
Name: Kaleigh Mentzer (she/her) PhD: Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of...
Sep 7, 20242 min read
Senior Scientist Works on Cutting-Edge Technology
Name: Sam Kimmey (he/him) PhD: Developmental Biology, Stanford University, 2021 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 7, 20243 min read
Director for Global Scientific Publications Prioritizes Family
Name: Dipanwita Ghose (she/her) PhD: Psychology/Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Medical Science Liaison Wanted Patient-Focused Work
Name: Nikita Francis (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Founder Emphasizes Perseverance & Determination
Name: Bonnie EJ Maven (she/her/they/them) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2022 What...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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
Spectroscopist With Specific Advice for Women
Name: Phoebe Askelson (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I...
Sep 6, 20244 min read
Write Full-Time for a Living AND Stay Involved in Science
Name: Jenny Hsu (she/her) PhD: Genetics, Stanford University, 2018 What was your main area of research? In my graduate research, I...
Sep 5, 20244 min read
A Cell Biologist Working in Patent Law
Name: Percy Griffin (he/him) PhD: Molecular Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2020 What was your main area of research?...
Sep 5, 20242 min read
CSO Says There Is No Substitute for Experience
Name: Joe Arron (he/him) PhD: Immunology, Rockefeller University, 2002 (+MD from Cornell University, 2003) What was your main area of...
Sep 5, 20243 min read
Freelance Medical Writer Loves the Freedom of Her Job
Name: Samantha Santangelo (she/her) PhD: Molecular Biology, King's College London, 2002 What was your main area of research? Human white...
Sep 3, 20245 min read
Chemical Engineer Excited by the Private Sector
Name: Do Soon Kim (he/him) PhD: Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2020 What was your main area of research? My research...
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Specialist Leverages New Tech in Publication Development
Name: Marianna Johnson (she/her) PhD: Molecular Metabolism and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, 2017 What was your main area of...
Sep 3, 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
Project Scientist Drawn to a Role That Extends Beyond the Lab
Name: Derin Mary Thomas (she/her) PhD: Radiation Biology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University),Vellore, India What was your...
Sep 3, 20243 min read
From Designing Biosensors to Designing Patient Screenings
Name: Katarina Nemec (she/her) PhD: Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, 2022 What was your main area of research? By using molecular...
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
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