MCB295: Careers for Bioscience Ph.D.s
Schedule, Spring 2008
Classes will begin with pizza and drinks at 6pm, followed by talks starting at 6:30pm.
Organizers: Stacia Rodenbusch (staciar@gmail.com) and Yassi Hafezi (yhafezi@berkeley.edu)
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Feb 6 |
Erin Davis is a science Writer for the personal genotyping company 23andme. Joyce Tung is a Geneticist for 23andme. |
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Feb 13 |
Jon Eide is a Consultant at Bain & Company. Eric Martens is an Editor for ACS Chemical Biology. Mark Shankar is organizing a bioscience consulting firm for students in the sciences within the QB3 institute here at Berkeley. |
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Feb 20 |
Arash Komeili is an Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at UC Berkeley. Mike Ellis is the Senior Director of Corporate Development at Renovis Inc. |
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Feb 27 |
Jared Young is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Mills College. Brian Carlson is a consultant at ZS Associates. |
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March 5 |
Dina Halme is the Director of Science Policy for the UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Office. Kirsten White is a Research Scientist at Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
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March 12 |
Evi Strauss teaches grant writing and science journalism at UC Santa Cruz, is a free-lance science writer, and is the Executive Director of Scientists Without Borders. Irvin Mettler is Senior Licensing Officer at the UC Berkeley Patent Office. |
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March 19 |
Steve Beckendorf is an Emeritus Professor at UC Berkeley who is now involved in environmental policy reform. Karen Kalumuck is the author of Human Body Explorations and a member of the Teaching Staff at the Exploratorium. |
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April 2 |
Internship DayTracy Young was a summer intern at Amyris Biotechnologies. Ansley Scott was a summer intern at McKinsey & Company Consulting. |
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April 9 |
Erik Haghjoo is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Schering-Plough Biopharma. Eugenio L. de Hostos is the Manager of Corporate Partnering & Portfolio Development at the non-profit Institute for One World Health. |
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April 16 |
Chloe Zubieta works for Chevron. Steven Lee is a Director of Forensic Sciences and a Professor at San Jose State University. |
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April 23 |
Kim Failor is an AP Biology teacher at Stanford's online high school. Toby Beth Freedman is President of Synapsis Search and author of Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development. |