Name: Alycia Mosley Austin Job: Director of Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives and Executive Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Rhode Island Source: Branching Points [original post from June 2013] Excerpt: I was perhaps a little too … Continued
Name: Duncan Casey Job: senior lecturer in advanced sensor materials at Liverpool John Moores University, and founder of anywhereHPLC Ltd. Post: I didn’t really set out to become a scientist. The original plan was to become a journalist: at school, … Continued
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: Charles Mire Job: Chemistry post-graduate Source: Soapbox Science [original post from April 2012] Excerpt: The scariest part of my career has been making risky decisions; leaving a reasonably successful I.T. career to move to Australia for a PhD was a huge risk. I have … Continued
Name: Radhika Nagpal Job: Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University Source: Scientific American Guest Blog [original post from July, 2013] Excerpt: I went to a Harvard event for junior women faculty. To make a long story short, several senior … Continued
Name: Ryan Job: Earth Science Undergraduate Source: Glacial Till [original post from April 2012] Excerpt: In spite of all my enthusiasm for the stars, I still couldn’t get past my math fears. My sixth grade math teacher had ridiculed me in front of … 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: Jennifer Biddle Job: Assistant Professor Source: Subsurface Life [original post from January 2013] Excerpt: I sometimes feel like academics are a bit like the stock market. It’s easier to make money once you have money in stocks. It’s easier to be in academics … Continued