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Ethnomusicologist Took a Nonlinear Path to Her Current Role
Name: Meryl Krieger (she/her) PhD: Ethnomusicology, Indiana University Bloomington, 2009 What was your main area of research? My...
Apr 145 min read
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Research Data Facilitator Has a Lot of Freedom in His Career
Name: Brad Rittenhouse (he/him) PhD: English, University of Miami, 2017 What was your main area of research? I mostly looked at 19th...
Apr 143 min read
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She Pivoted Careers After 20+ Years in Academia!
Name: Amy Lovell (she/her) PhD: Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999 What was your main area of research? I carried out...
Apr 143 min read
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Scientist Loves Real World Impact and Good Work Hours
Name: Jerry Chien (he/him) PhD: Neuroscience, University of Southern California, 2024 What was your main area of research? I studied how...
Apr 142 min read
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Unsupportive Advisor + Layoff Didn't Stop this Manager
Name: Stephanie Silva-Del Toro (she/her) PhD: Immunology, University of Iowa, 2021 What was your main area of research? Neutrophils are...
Apr 144 min read
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Director of Research Worked at the Company in Grad School
Name: Tricia Thrasher (she/her) PhD: Second Language Acquisition / French, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 What was...
Apr 142 min read
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Communications Project Manager Still Feels Close to Science
Name: Amalia Verzola (she/her) PhD: Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2009 What was your main area of research? I studied the...
Apr 142 min read
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Career Development Coordinator Shares His Secret Weapon
Name: Jevin Lortie (he/him) PhD: Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022 What was your main area of research? My...
Apr 142 min read
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Director of Community Wanted Something Different
Name: Susanna Harris (she/her) PhD: Microbiology and Immunology, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2020 What was your main area of research? Just like...
Apr 143 min read
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Meta Research Scientist Faced Challenges in Grad School
Name: Ronshee Chawla (he/him) PhD: Statistics and Machine Learning, University of Texas at Austin, 2024 What was your main area of...
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Consultant for Meta Puts Her PhD Learnings to Work
Name: Chayanika Saxena (she/her) PhD: Geography, National University of Singapore, 2022 What was your main area of research? The...
Apr 142 min read
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From PhD to Domain Expert Engineer in a Tech Company
Name: Marcial Otero (he/him) PhD: Electrical Engineering, National University of Rio Cuarto, 2022 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 133 min read
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Medical Science Liaison Gets to Impact Patient Care
Name: Kate Lanza (she/her) PhD: Behavioral Neuroscience, SUNY - Binghamton, 2020 What was your main area of research? I did pre-clinical...
Apr 132 min read
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Program Specialist Uses Research for Energy-Efficient Design
Name: Sara Sultan (she/her) PhD: Energy Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, 2023 What was your main area of research? I...
Apr 131 min read
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Environmental Biologist + Founder Helps the Natural World
Name: Silvia Pineda-Munoz (she/her) PhD: Ecology and Paleontology, Macquarie University, 2016 What was your main area of research? My PhD...
Apr 123 min read
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Sales Representative Pursued a Path to Joy
Name: Brook Sweeten (she/her) PhD: Neuroscience, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2020 What was your main area of research? My career has...
Apr 122 min read
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Biotech Scientist Advocates for Authenticity
Name: Jesse Weber (he/him) PhD: Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024 What was your main area of research? My major...
Apr 122 min read
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Science Communication Consultant Gets to Be Her Own Boss
Name: Sarah Ellinwood (she/her) PhD: Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Maryland, 2017 What was your main area of research? My...
Apr 124 min read
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Scientific Research Liaison Solves Problems from Grad School
Name: Beatriz Robinson (she/her) PhD: Neurosciences, Stanford University, 2023 What was your main area of research? I studied the impact...
Apr 122 min read
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Director of R&D Gives Tips for Career Prep You Should Do Now
Name: John Watkins (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, University of Bath, 2012 What was your main area of research? I studied electrochemical...
Apr 113 min read
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