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This week's episode features Ruth Bomar, PhD who is a recent graduate of a PhD program in special education. She talks about starting a PhD program later in life and about her current role as a Professional Coach for students pursuing PhDs and other graduate degrees. Check out her services at the links below!
https://www.facebook.com/RuthBomarAcademicCoach/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqppKcBPZhMoZbAD_pOJFcg
www.ruthbomar.com
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This week's episode features Parth Desai who is in his final year as a PhD student in Synthetic Biology. Parth shares his story and how he became interested in doing cancer research many years ago. He is now fulfilling his dream and will soon be looking for research jobs! Tune in to hear more!
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This episode features my conversation with Melanie Stark who is wrapping up her senior year as a Chemistry major while also applying for PhD programs and fellowships. Mel shares some of the reasons she wants to get a PhD and we chat about the scary and stressful parts leading up to it. She also gives some advice for others who are planning to apply in the next few years! I hope our conversation is valuable for anyone else who is thinking about doing a PhD or has decided to apply. Enjoy!
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Professor Babak Anasori, who is an old friend of mine from my time at Drexel. Babak was a PhD student when I arrived at Drexel in the Materials Science department and by the time I was graduating, he was a post-doc in my lab. We had some great times at conferences and some even better research conversations. Babak is now a professor with his own research group and it's exciting to hear about all the things he is working on, including an international competition for science as art masterpieces called Nanoartography! Check it out!
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of chatting with a professor who has just started his role at Rutgers only two weeks ago! Professor Chris Shuck did his post-doc in the same lab at Drexel that I did my PhD and it was fun to hear about his experience in the lab after I had left. He also had a wild path from undergrad through to where he is now, always finding himself studying materials while never getting a degree in Materials Science. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of catching up with an old physics classmate from college. Oliver Elbert, PhD was an astrophysics major who followed his interests straight through grad school until his was presented with an opportunity to pivot fields. He is now a Computational Scientist at NOAA and has some great advice about writing your own story and making the decisions that are best for you!
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This week I got a chance to (virtually) meet and interview Anurag Roy who is currently a post doc in the UK! He tells me his story of how he ended up doing a PhD, what he has learned about himself, and what his goals are in the future. He's also just a very cool guy and I had an awesome time chatting with him. I hope you enjoy the episode!
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of catching up with an old High School classmate of mine. Rob Wexler, PhD was an undergrad interested in chemistry who seemed to always create unfortunate situations as an experimentalist. Once he found his way to theoretical chemistry and modeling, he never left academia. As a professor now, Rob has a lot of entertaining stories and we had a super fun time catching up. I hope you all enjoy our conversation as much as I did!
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This week's episode features Oscar Huang who is pursuing a PhD in Chemistry! We chatted about his experience picking a program, where he wants to go next, and some very wise thoughts on what it means to get a PhD. Tune in to hear more!
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This week's episode features my conversation with Marshall Lougee, PhD, a recent graduate from the UPenn Chemistry department. I had the pleasure of chatting with Marshall about his experience changing majors in undergrad, working in industry for a year in between, and then ultimately switching labs in grad school. He has some excellent advice for students at all stages in the PhD journey. I hope you enjoy listening!
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of catching up with an old High School classmate of mine. Bern Fahey, PhD was a D1 college lacrosse player and went on to get her PhD in psychology, focusing on athlete injuries. We had a super interesting conversation and Bern shared some excellent advice based on her experiences all those years ago. I hope you enjoy!
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Episode 41 features my conversation with Wrickban Mazumdar, PhD who came to the US to do his PhD and is now a Senior Chemist in industry. Wrickban and I talked about his journey to a PhD, his job search once he was finished, and what he looks forward to next in his career! He shares his advice about finding the right research group, celebrating the good times, and the importance of planning before you jump into a new project. Tune in to hear more!
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This week's episode features Hannah Morgan who is pursuing a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience! We chatted about her experiences leading up to pursuing her degree, her experience so far, and her expectations for her career post PhD. She also shares a ton of advice for anyone applying to PhD programs, especially in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Tune in to hear more!
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This week's episode features Diana Perry who is only a few weeks away from wrapping up her PhD! She was kind enough to spend some time with me and share her experiences leading up to pursuing her degree. Diana studies fishery sciences which is super cool and I learned so much from our conversation. Tune in to hear her advice for PhD students, her experience applying for jobs, and her abundant knowledge of all things fish! We also wish her good luck with getting everything finished in the next few weeks!
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Coming back strong after a much needed break, this week's episode features Jordan Dworkin, PhD who is currently working at a non-profit in the field of meta science! Don't know what that is? Give this episode a listen. Jordan talks about his experience going from his PhD, to being a Research Professor, to finding his place at the Federation of American Scientists. Hope you enjoy!
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Wrapping up our month of badass women who get their PhD in honor of Women's History Month, I give you my interview with Kathleen Maleski, PhD! Kathleen was recently named one of Drexel's 40 under 40 and is absolutely crushing it in her current industry job. She shares with us what it was like to start her program as a Master's student and convert to a PhD when she realized that she really enjoyed what she was studying. Kathleen and I collaborated on a few papers when we were at Drexel and I have some fun memories of going to conferences together in the time we overlapped. I hope you enjoy the episode and all the wisdom Kathleen has to share!
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As we continue our theme of featuring badass women who get their PhD in honor of Women's History Month, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my fellow Drexel colleagues! Janna Domenico, PhD was a PhD student in the chemistry department and aside from her helping me borrow some chemicals one time, we had a non-work related friendship! Janna and I would always run into each other at grad student events and have some pretty fun memories of singing karaoke. I also have a super strong memory of Janna guessing my zodiac sign out of the blue which I was super impressed with. Tune in to hear more about her journey from hating chemistry labs in undergrad to working at the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory where she is absolutely crushing it!
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This is another super special interview episode for me! Jamie and I met in 2007 when I was a college soccer recruit at Haverford. We then played 4 years of soccer together, started a rec team when we both moved to Philly, both completed a PhD in different fields, and now are both working in industry. Jamie has always been a badass woman in science and someone to look up to as she reaches all of her goals. I'm proud to call her a friend and I hope you enjoy hearing about her journey and the wisdom she has garnered. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!
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Episode 33 features my conversation with Sabari Ghosh, PhD who did her PhD at the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad in India and then came to the US for a post-doc in academia. She is now doing a post-doc at a national lab. Sabari and I discuss her path to where she is, what she plans to do next, and the wisdom she has gained along the way! She highlights that the two most important skills are patience and perseverance for a PhD student and we talk more in depth about those skills too!
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