On Tuesday, C-GEM talked to Dr. Omer Ad and Dr. Sebasthian Santiago, both former C-GEM chemists who currently work at large pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Ad is a Senior Scientist in the biocatalysis group at Merck, and Dr. Santiago is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Amgen… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with Chemists in Big Pharma
On Wednesday, C-GEM talked to Dr. Diondra Dilworth and Dr. Lee Bishop, both chemists who’ve both found careers away from the bench. Dr. Dilworth is a Science Advisor working with patent lawyers at Goodwin Procter LLP, and Dr. Bishop is the Biotech & Design Lead… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers with scientists in patent law and museum education
This week we spoke with Dr. Nathanael Goldberg and Dr. Anthony Silvestri about careers at startups. Dr. Goldberg trained in synthetic chemistry and directed evolution before joining Aralez, a small startup in the Bay Area that makes noncanonical amino acids using biocatalysis. Dr. Silvestri trained… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers at startups
On Monday, C-GEM hosted two chemists from industry to chat about their career paths: Dr. Julia Lazzari-Dean and Dr. Ara Abramyan. Dr. Lazzari-Dean is a microscopist working at Calico Life Sciences and Dr. Abramyan is a computational chemist at Schrödinger and a C-GEM Seed Investigator.… Read More »Recap: C-GEM chats careers with industry chemists
This is the fifth and final post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal People have mixed feelings on personal statements, but I believe it is the most important part of your application. It is the only… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Personal Statements
This is the fourth post in our series “Demystifying the GRFP.” See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Personal Statement Despite its name, the research proposal component of your GRFP application is not necessarily a definitive plan that you must follow up on… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Research Proposals
This is the third post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Reference letters are an important part of your GRFP application package. Alongside your personal statement and research proposal, the letter gives reviewers a… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Letters of Recommendation
This is the second post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome and congratulations on deciding to apply for GRFP! Although a daunting process, I personally felt I learned a lot about grant writing and… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: General Information and Tips
This is the first post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome to a new blog post series from C-GEM focused on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).… Read More »Introduction to “Demystifying the GRFP”
Yesterday, C-GEM hosted a “career chat” discussion with two faculty members at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs): Lou Charkoudian (Haverford College) and Leah Witus (Macalester College). There is great diversity among PUIs – Dr. Charkoudian and Dr. Witus both work at institutions with a strong focus… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with PUI Profs