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Medical Writer with an Artist's Perspective
Name: Ashley Hayden Monahan (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied...
Apr 30, 20252 min read
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
Neuroscience PhD Works for the Canadian Government
Name: Andrew Abela (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience / Psychology, McGill University, 2015 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Apr 29, 20252 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
Business Owner Call You to Prioritize Your Needs
Name: Luna Munoz (she/her) PhD: Applied Developmental Psychology, University of New Orleans, 2005 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 29, 20253 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
Patent Agent Chose a Path Fulfilling to Her
Name: Katie White (she/her) PhD: Materials Chemistry, UCLA, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied surface science at the...
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
From Tenured Professor to Consultant and Coach
Name: Caitlin Faas (she/her) PhD: Human Development and Family Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2013 What was your main area of research? I...
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
Medical Underwriter Urges You to Be Open to New Things
Name: Arbace Officioso PhD: Medical Biotechnology and Biochemistry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 2016 What was your main area...
Apr 29, 20252 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
Product Marketing Manager Itches the Engineering Scratch
Name: Tyler Myers (he/him) PhD: Materials & Nanoscience, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2021 What was your main area of research? I...
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
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