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Emily Buehler – Freelance Editor and Author
14 Dec 2017

Emily Buehler – Freelance Editor and Author

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Name: Emily Buehler Job: Freelance Editor and Author   Post: A great high school chemistry teacher led me to major in chemistry. I enjoyed learning chemistry and continued to grad school because it was the easiest path. In grad school, … Continued

editor, MSC original, USA, writing
5 Sep 2016

Laurie Winkless – Author of Science and the City

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Name: Laurie Winkless Job: Author of Science and the City Post:  A whirlwind. That’s the only word I can use to describe the past three years since emerging from the lab. In that time, I’ve caused a minor fire in a pub*, … Continued

book author, leaving PhD, MSC original, science writing
27 Jul 2015

Lauren Donaldson – Medical Writer

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Name: Lauren Donaldson Job: Medical Writer Source: BitesizeBio [original post from July 2011] Excerpt:   My year at Pfizer was definitely one of the biggest influences on my career. Suddenly the reason for all those hours in the undergraduate laboratory made sense and I could … Continued

medical writing, UK
4 May 2015

Rebecca Nesbit – Scientific Programme Manager

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Name: Rebecca Nesbit Job: Scientific Programme Manager at Nobel Media Last November I took a midnight auto-rickshaw ride around Pune, India, with a Nobel Laureate. This wasn’t the kind of career highlight that I thought an ecology PhD would provide … Continued

MSC original, UK
16 Apr 2015

Melanie Nelson – Independent Contractor/Consultant and Author

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Name: Melanie Nelson Job: Independent Contractor/Consultant and Author I am not someone who dreamed of doing research from a very early age. To be honest, I didn’t really know about “research scientist” as a job option until I was in … Continued

independent, MSC original, US
27 Oct 2014

Tobias Maier – Entrepreneur in Science Communication

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Name: Tobias Maier Job: Entrepreneur in Science Communication Source: The Alter-natives [original post from June 19th 2014] Excerpt:   I formulated clearly that if ten years of science, with all of my physical and mental power, are not enough to proceed into the next … Continued

Germany, science communication
8 Sep 2014

Matt Brown – Editor-at-Large of Londonist

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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

editing, leaving science, MSC original, UK
16 Jun 2014

Jessica Wright – Research Editor at SFARI

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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

biology, career uncertainty, science communication, USA
9 Jun 2014

Kat Arney – Science Writer

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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

biology, science communication, UK
2 Feb 2014

Ed Yong – Science writer

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Name: Ed Yong Job: Science Writer Source: Not Exactly Rocket Science [original post from July 2010 contains comments from 145 science writers about their careers] Excerpt: I had always been in love with science but my hazy hopes of a … Continued

biology, left PhD, science communication, UK

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