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Get your career-related questions answered live by these experts!<\/p>\n

\"Karen
\nKaren Kelsky<\/strong>
\nFounder and President, The Professor Is In<\/a>
\nPhD (Anthropology)<\/p>\n

Karen Kelsky is the Founder and President of The Professor Is In<\/a>, which provides advice and consultancy services to researchers and academics, and a regular columnist at the Chronicle of Higher Education. A former R1 tenured professor and department head, and a cultural anthropologist by training, Dr. Kelsky explains the unspoken rules of the academic career, from building a competitive record and writing competitive job applications to interviewing effectively, negotiating offers, navigating career challenges, and transitioning out of the academy. Her book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job<\/a> (Random House 2015) is a must-read for all PhDs and post-docs looking for career advice.<\/p>\n

\"John
\nJohn Hammersley<\/strong>
\nCo-founder and CEO, Overleaf<\/a>
\nPhD (Mathematics)<\/p>\n

John Hammersley is the co-founder and CEO of Overleaf<\/a>, a collaborative cloud-based writing and publishing platform for authors and publishers. As a researcher who moved out of academia to establish a start-up that serves academia, John has accumulated a wealth of experience on aspects such as choosing between academia and industry and on making the transition. Before setting up Overleaf, John worked on John earned a PhD in Mathematics from Durham University, following which he worked on the first passenger trials for Heathrow\u2019s Personal Rapid Transit system of driverless pods. John recently participated in a Reddit \u201cAsk me anything\u201d on transitions from academia to industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The live Q&A will take place in the comments section below. Karen Kelsky and John Hammersley will answer your questions based on their own experiences as academics who have worked within and outside academia to eventually establish successful ventures of their own.<\/p>\n

Their area of expertise mainly covers the US, Canada, and the UK. Here are some topics they’ll deal with in the Q&A:<\/p>\n