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Policy Analyst Works to Make People Healthier
Name: Krystin Carlson (she/they) PhD: Toxicology, University of Michigan, 2019 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Apr 203 min read
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Founder & CEO Has a Recipe for a Meaningful Career
Name: Kyle Todd (he/him) PhD: Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, 2020 What was your main area of research? I worked to discover...
Apr 202 min read
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Research Associate Values Her Intellectual Curiosity
Name: Tara Riggs (she/her) PhD: Political Science, Binghamton University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied sexism and...
Apr 203 min read
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Software Engineer Encourages You to Start Building Things
Name: Jon Strutz (he/him) PhD: Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 182 min read
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Field Application Scientist Says to Enjoy the Journey
Name: Jacquet Maxime PhD: Parasitology, Université of Neuchâtel, 2015 What was your main area of research? I studied the transmission of...
Apr 183 min read
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From Historical Musicology PhD to Business Analyst
Name: Alison DeSimone (she/her) PhD: Historical Musicology, University of Michigan, 2013 What was your main area of research? My research...
Apr 183 min read
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Researcher on a Mission to Drive Social Impact
Name: Nicky Sullivan (he/him) PhD: Psychology, Stanford University, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how children...
Apr 172 min read
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Director Supports the Vanguards of Generational Change
Name: Prabarna Ganguly (she/her) PhD: Psychology, Northeastern University, 2018 What was your main area of research? My thesis focused on...
Apr 174 min read
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Senior Consultant Focused on Transferable Skills
Name: Suchetana Gupta (she/her) PhD: Computational Biophysics, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2020 What was your main area of...
Apr 172 min read
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Associate Director Loves the Autonomy and Impact
Name: Adrienne Mueller (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Washington, 2013 What was your main area of research? For my PhD, I...
Apr 163 min read
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Lab Coordinator Utilizes Her PhD Project Management Skills
Name: Sylwia Magdziarz (she/her) PhD: Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 2025 What was your main area of research? I was working...
Apr 163 min read
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Linguist Works on Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses
Name: Alice Shen (she/her) PhD: Linguistics, University of California Berkeley, 2020 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Apr 162 min read
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Science Business Analyst Tackles Cross-Functional Projects
Name: Hannah Dear (she/her) PhD: Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 2024 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 154 min read
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Computational Biologist Gets to Work with a Variety of Data
Name: Daren Card (he/him) PhD: Biology, University of Texas - Arlington, 2018 What was your main area of research? I am an evolutionary...
Apr 153 min read
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Consultant Began Career Prep in His 2nd Year
Name: Tyler Ogorek (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2024 What was your main area of research? My PhD work...
Apr 152 min read
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Senior Scientist Encourages You to Start the Job Search Early
Name: Pietro Cocchiara (he/him) PhD: Molecular Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, 2024 What was your main area of research? My area of...
Apr 142 min read
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CEO Says to Be a Decent Human + Take Risks
Name: Daria Chrobok PhD: Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 2018 What was your main area of research? I worked on the physiology of...
Apr 143 min read
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Senior Associate Left Academia After 6+ Years
Name: Gabrielle Filip-Crawford (she/her) PhD: Social Psychology, Arizona State University, 2015 What was your main area of research? My...
Apr 143 min read
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Immigration & IP Lawyer Says to Go For It
Name: Melih Okan (he/him) PhD: Physics, MIT, 2018 What was your main area of research? I studied experimental atomic physics. My PhD...
Apr 143 min read
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Business Intelligence Developer Builds Data Models
Name: Eric James Stephens (he/him) PhD: Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design, Clemson University, 2018 What was your main area...
Apr 141 min read
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