Name: Stephen Granade Job: Director of Projects – Advanced Optical Systems Source: Scilingual [original post from April 2013] Excerpt: It wasn’t an all-at-once decision. I took a year or two to decide that I didn’t want to stay in academia. A new postdoc joined … Continued
Name: Nadine Utz Job: Academic Project Manager Source: The Alter-natives [original post from August 12th 2014] Excerpt: I’m the project manager of a network of imaging core facilities in Germany (German Bioimaging). The network has been started quite recently due to the need … Continued
Name: Asha Tanna Job: Science Reporter for Channel 4 Source: Soapbox Science [original post from April 2012] Excerpt: If you are considering a career in broadcasting using your specialist knowledge, bear in mind the fierce competition. You may well have to start off … Continued
Name: Lynn Cooley Job: Dean of Yale University Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences Source: Issue 6 of The Career Network Spyglass [original post] Excerpt: I went to grad school because I had discovered that I love working in the lab, and earning … Continued
Name: Matt Brown Job: Editor-at-large of Londonist Post: “Transferable skills.” That phrase has been a cliche of career progression for decades. Scientists accumulate transferable skills like a squirrel acquires Instagrams. Among their special powers are observation, data analysis, technical writing, … Continued
Name: Laura Guertin Job: Earth Science Professor Post: I pursued an undergraduate degree in geology, and I was always drawn to the ocean and hoped to have a career in studying and researching coastal processes. I knew I would have … Continued
Name: Jean Adams Job: Lecturer Source: Fuse Open Science blog [original post from July 2013] Excerpt: Research is something that takes time and effort (and blood, sweat and tears). It’s hard not to get pretty wrapped up your research, to become attached to … Continued
Name: Jessica Wright Job: Research Editor at SFARI Source: Scilingual [original post from March 2013] Excerpt: I probably had a good sense by the end of my PhD that the academic path wasn’t right for me, but I was ambivalent about leaving. I had … Continued
Name: Michael Hoffman Job: Principal Investigator Source: The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation [original post from January 2014] Excerpt: I work in computational biology, using software and data analysis to solve biological problems. Writing the code that helps me solve these problems is my favourite … Continued
Name: Kat Arney Job: Science Writer Source: British Science Association [original post from 2014] Excerpt: I work within the press office at Cancer Research UK, so we’re often driven by the news agenda. I might be writing a post for our blog … Continued