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Careers outside academia
Careers outside academia: Interview with Smita Jain
Dr. Smita Jain works as Associate Director, Academic & Government Relations (India), at Cactus Communications. She has a Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She worked in the biotechnology industry at the start of her career and since has 14+ years of experience in science promotion, communication, and business development. Prior to joining CACTUS, she led IndiaBioscience for five years and was responsible for establishing the strategic vision and partnerships for the organization; for growth, fundraising, grants, and team management; and for overseeing the activities of the networking, communication, education, data & policy and skill-building verticals.
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Jun 24, 2022
Careers outside academia: Interview with Anirban Chakraborty
Anirban works closely with the academic leadership team to concretize the university’s academic and research administration. He supports framing policies/guidelines, developing implementation strategies to help faculty and researchers do excellent research, and fostering new research initiatives (projects, collaborations, centers, etc.). He has almost eleven years of experience as a university administrator in India. Previously, he was the Assistant Registrar and then officiated as the Deputy Registrar at Presidency University (Kolkata, India). Anirban completed a BSc (Hons) in Physics and then an MSc and a PhD in Nanoscience. He is a DBA scholar in Higher Education Management at University of Bath (UK).
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Jul 7, 2022
Careers outside academia: How her PhD helps Woojin Lee give legal advice to bioscience companies
Dr. Woojin Lee has a PhD in Neuroscience from the Institute of Neurology, University College London, and a Masters degree in Oncology from the School of Molecular Medical Science, The University of Nottingham. She currently works as a legal advisor for bioscience/pharmaceutical companies and artificial intelligence corporations.
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Jul 21, 2022
Careers outside academia: Interview with Gerlind Wallon
Gerlind Wallon is the deputy director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). A German native, she graduated with a PhD in Biochemistry from Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, after which she did a 4-year postdoc at the EMBL in Heidelberg. At EMBO, she is responsible for the EMBO Young Investigator Network, the EMBO Courses and Workshops and the Women in Science activities. Gerlind Wallon has developed the EMBO Laboratory Management Courses for leadership development and authored studies on the selection processes and the effects of gender on application success at EMBO and a report on the use of quota in academia.
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Aug 5, 2022
