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09 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction as a science communicator

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Mobility

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…But a supervisor suggested that gaining first-hand research experience might make her a better communicator. Today, she sells workshops to companies, schools and universities and teaches science to Sunday-school students at a private academy in Tokyo.  Read more

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  • human resource
  • japan
  • japanese
  • leave a nest
  • magazine
  • PhD
  • private
  • public speaking
  • publishing
  • research
  • schools
  • science
  • science communication
  • scientist on the move
  • smriti
  • smriti mallapaty
  • student
  • tokyo
  • Trade Talk
  • university
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  • writing
  • yuko ueno

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07 Dec 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction as a drug safety manager

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Career paths, Industry, Mobility, Research, Scientists on the move

Finding job satisfaction as a drug safety manager

Steffen Schulz was completing his PhD in medical neuroscience when he realised he needed more job security than academia could offer. Now, he works as a drug safety manager in his native Berlin.  Read more

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  • academia
  • Academia to Industry
  • berlin
  • biology
  • drug
  • Germany
  • industry
  • interview
  • manager
  • medical
  • mobility
  • movement
  • neuroscience
  • PhD
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16 Nov 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction in industrial research

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Blog, Business, Industry, Research, Scientists on the move, Technology

Finding job satisfaction in industrial research

She found she could still do the work she loved at the bench by doing product development research at Thermo Fisher Scientific.  Read more

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  • Academia to Industry
  • experimental design
  • fisher
  • Nature
  • Naturejobs
  • PhD
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  • research
  • scientific
  • scientist on the move
  • shikha mishra
  • thermo
  • Trade Talk
  • transition

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12 Oct 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction at a biomedical device company

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Chemistry, CV, Industry, Mobility, US

Finding job satisfaction at a biomedical device company

As she was finishing a postdoc at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Stefanie Marquez-Vilendrer found herself in the midst of a long, broad job search. She describes how she landed a position at Axogen, a biomedical company that develops and sells products for nerve surgeries.  Read more

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  • academia into industry
  • bench work
  • florida
  • industry
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  • Monya Baker
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07 Sep 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction as a data scientist

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Business, Career paths, Careers articles, Communication, Data, Research, Scientists on the move, Technology

Finding job satisfaction as a data scientist

Unlike most US students, Nathan Sanders declared his specialty as soon as he started undergraduate studies. He’d known for years that he wanted to study astronomy, but during his PhD at Harvard University he realized that the analysis itself enthralled him more than the applications for astronomy. He describes how he used his technical skills, and connections outside his academic program, to launch his career.  Read more

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  • astronomy
  • Boston
  • career
  • commercial
  • connections
  • data science
  • film
  • harvard
  • industry
  • nathan sanders
  • PhD
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24 Aug 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction as a science liaison

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Business, Career paths, Careers articles, Communication, Industry, Mobility

Finding job satisfaction as a science liaison

After completing a PhD and postdoc in experimental neuroscience labs, Sabine Blankenship had no desire to run her own lab. Here she describes how her passion to study abroad led her from experiments that had become frustrating to outreach she finds invigorating. She now works in the German Consulate General in San Francisco, where she helps set up international research collaborations and keep the German government abreast of US advances, particularly in renewable energy and regenerative medicine.  Read more

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  • Nature
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08 Jun 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction in academic administration

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Admin, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Faculty, Perspectives, Postgraduate, Research, Scientists on the move

Finding job satisfaction in academic administration

Elise Covic, now Deputy Dean of the College at the University of Chicago, entered academic administration even before she completed her PhD in computational neuroscience when she became director of an undergraduate research training program. She describes how she navigated her way from research and into a satisfying career in academic administration.  Read more

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  • academic administration
  • admin
  • alternative
  • computational neuroscience
  • director
  • elise covic
  • PhD
  • research
  • research to administration
  • science
  • Trade Talk
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  • University of Chicago

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18 May 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction in technology transfer

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Communication, CV, Industry, Internship, Mobility, Publishing

Finding job satisfaction in technology transfer

As a business development officer at STEMCELL Technologies in Vancouver, Canada, Ben Thiede evaluates new technologies and negotiates deals that bring scientific advances to market. He describes his move from graduate studies toward law and into his current position.  Read more

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  • Academia to Industry
  • alternative careers for scientists
  • Canada
  • careers out of the lab
  • graduate
  • job satisfaction
  • research commercialisation
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13 Apr 2016 | 17:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction in high performance computing

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Ask the expert, Career paths, Careers articles, Data, Industry, Mobility, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Scientists on the move, Technology

Finding job satisfaction in high performance computing

Cristiano Malossi first came to IBM Laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland as a postdoc and was then promoted to researcher. He has applied his mathematical simulation skills to a variety of projects, specializing in ‘cognitive technologies’ capable of powerful algorithms.  Read more

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  • academia into industry
  • academia vs industry
  • academic prizes
  • algorithms
  • computer research
  • IBM
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16 Mar 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Finding job satisfaction in research development

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, PhD, Scientists on the move

Finding job satisfaction in research development

Now, she works at Texas A&M University in College Station, where she helps professors put together grant applications, form collaborations, and identify funding opportunities.  Read more

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  • cardiovascular biology
  • career paths
  • careers
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  • job satisfaction
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  • mobility
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