Name: Franziska Sattler Job: 2nd year Master’s student in Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity and Ecology Source: ScienceGrrl [original post from March 2016] Excerpt: I started my work as an intern in the Museum für Naturkunde (Natural History Museum) Berlin after a gap year in London … Continued
Name: Kara Cerveny Job: Assistant Professor of Biology at Reed College (formerly: Editor at Cell) Source: The Node [original post from June 2013] Excerpt: Now, after completing my first year as an assistant professor of Biology at Reed College, I’m offering … Continued
Name: Jeff Dunn Job: Professor of Radiology at the University of Calgary Source: Dr Dunn’s blog [original post from November 2014] Excerpt: I wasn’t actively looking. There was a job at the University of British Columbia I was trying to … Continued
Name: Jennifer Gardy Job: Assistant Professor and Science Communicator Post: I have the best jobs in the world. Most of the time, I am chasing my childhood dream of being Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak – as a Senior Scientist at the … Continued
Name: Angela Briski Job: Research Technician Source: BytesizeBio [original post from July 2011] Excerpt: I think the skill that I’ve acquired that’s been most useful, but one that they don’t teach you, is how to interact and cope with people, especially strong personalities. … Continued
Name: Pascale Lane Job: MD/PI Source: WhizBANG! [original post from January 2012] Excerpt: My first 6 months of fellowship were a gray blur. Post-partum depression plus a prolonged period of call without a break left me feeling bleak. January in … Continued
Name: Sunetra Gupta Job: Professor of Epidemiology and Novelist Source: Soapbox Science [original post from April 2012] Excerpt: My current job is a combination of research into infectious diseases and teaching. It does involve very long hours but I enjoy both activities enormously. … 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: 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: 27 and a PhD Job: Lab Manager (staff scientist) Source: 27 and a PhD [original post from April 2014] Excerpt: I’m not smart enough or clever enough to write grants. I suck at reviewing papers, and I still suck at discussing … Continued