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Sep 163 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 162 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 162 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 162 min read

Research Scientist Impacting the World Outside the Lab

Name: Jessica Ribado (she/her) PhD: Genetics, Stanford University, 2019 What was your main area of research? During my PhD, I applied...

Sep 162 min read

Data Scientist Gives Advice for Better Interviews

Name: Ren Lopez (she/her) PhD: Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...

Sep 162 min read

Biotech After 25 Years in Academia

Name: Robin Lorenz (she/her) PhD: Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, MD/PhD 1990 What was your main area of...

Sep 162 min read

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 161 min read

Assistant Professor Now Managing Editor

Name: Clare Wilhelm (he/him) PhD: Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, 2006 What was your main area of...

Sep 134 min read

Chemist Works for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Name: Rachel Lackner (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 What was your main area of research? My PhD was in...

Sep 133 min read

A Career Transition After 25 Years in Academia

Name: Chandrakanth Emani (Chandra) (he/him) PhD: Plant Molecular Genetics, Osmania University, India, 1997 What was your main area of...

Sep 132 min read

Associate Director Emphasizes Having a Positive Attitude

Name: Joelle Martin (she/her) PhD: Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health; Virginia Tech, 2021 What was your main area of...

Sep 132 min read

Strategic Solutions Lead Reminds Everyone to Have Grit

Name: Rahul Mohan (he/him) PhD: Anatomy/Neuroscience, University of New South Wales, 2016 What was your main area of research? I...

Sep 131 min read

Medical Science Liaison Exchanges Scientific Information

Name: Laura Chambers (she/her) PhD: Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...

Sep 131 min read

Head of Neuroscience Develops Protein Tools

Name: Rob Meijers (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 2001 What was your main area of research? I studied quantum...

Sep 123 min read

Medical Writer Helps Clinicians Make Decisions

Name: Sean Ogden (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, Florida State University, 2019 What was your main area of research? As a grad student, I...

Sep 121 min read

Medical Writer Runs Her Own Freelance Business

Name: Claudia Prahst (she/her) PhD: Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, 2008 What was your main area of research? I spent 12 years...

Sep 123 min read

Manager of Collaborations Fosters Academic Exchange

Name: Vaishnavi Sridhar (she/her) PhD: Cell and Developmental Biology, University of British Columbia, 2023 What was your main area of...

Sep 101 min read

Scientist Leads Preclinical Projects to Develop Therapeutics

Name: Oday Abushalbaq (he/him) PhD: Molecular Neuroscience, Rutgers University, 2022 What was your main area of research? During my...

Sep 104 min read

Nanotechnologist Now Runs Medical Writing Company

Name: Mariana Dalagnol (she/her) PhD: Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), 2016 What was your...

Sep 102 min read

Chief of Staff Helps Run a Biotech Company

Name: Akela Kuwahara (she/her) PhD: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, University of California - San Francisco, 2020 What was your...

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From PhD to Career Success

Explore how PhDs from a variety of different fields navigated the decision to leave academia.

Get inspiring career stories and helpful advice delivered straight to your inbox!

Explore how PhDs from a variety of different
fields navigated the decision to leave academia.