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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 302 min read
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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 302 min read
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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 302 min read
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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 302 min read
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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 303 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 293 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 293 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 293 min read
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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 292 min read
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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 285 min read
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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 285 min read
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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 282 min read
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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 272 min read
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