Career Conversation with Emma McGuirk
Emma is a PhD candidate at Brandeis University
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Emma is a PhD candidate at Brandeis University
Laura is a physician-scientist and biotech entrepreneur
Lisa is Vice President of Translational Sciences at Affinia Therapeutics
Deeptha is a senior research associate at Biogen
Prasanna is a principal automation engineer with Stellix Global Services
Samantha is a Senior Scientist at Moderna
Maxine is a senior lab instructor at MIT
Samer is a lab animal veterinarian at Abbvie
Bryan Hirsch is a first year PhD student at Tufts University
Mary leads a synthetic biology research lab at Boston University
Hanna works on the digital tech team at Ginkgo Bioworks
Josh is an NSF post-doc at USC, currently working in Denmark
Xu is Chief Technology Officer for Enozo Technologies
Mark is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech
Katelyn is an aerospace engineer who is currently working towards her MBA
Andrea is director of student research at George Mason University
Ben is a research and development scientist at Daicel Arbor Biosciences
Max is a senior at Georgia Tech, majoring in chemical and biomolecular engineering and minoring in computer science
Kevin is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware
Pamela is a biochemistry major and psychology minor at Northeastern University
Adrienne is Director of Platform Partnerships at Checkerspot
Melissa is a student at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, majoring in biomedical engineering and minoring in chemistry
Doug is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University
Abbie is a product manager at Scientific Bioprocessing Inc.
Marsha is a professor of biomedical engineering at WPI
Chris is a PhD candidate at Boston University
Kerry is Head of Early Solutions (U.S. Operations) for UCB
Jenn is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University
Ria is a high school BioBuilder at Dobyns-Bennett in Kingsport, TN
Patrick is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT
Jacqueline is VP of Operations for Twist Biosciences
Michelle is a professor at University of Rochester Medical Center
Julius is a Synthetic Biology Professor at Northwestern University
Stephen is the CEO and President at Teknova
Chloé is a post-doc at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University who is using zebrafish to study leukemia
Sarah is a former BioBuilder Apprentice who went on to intern at LabCentral. She is now a first-gen undergrad at Brandeis University
Zeke is a scientist, educator, and founder of miniPCR bio
Christine is a Professor of the Practice in the Biology Dept. at Fairfield Univ.
Justice is a biotechnologist and assistant professor who studies teaching and learning at UTEP
Kris is a synthetic biologist in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT
Stephen is CEO and President of Maku Technologies, a synbio startup in North Carolina
Sarah is a senior scientist at Indigo Ag where she leads a microbe hunting team
Jason is a professor of Chemical Engineering at Miami University in Ohio
Will is an agritech research scientist investigating new ways to protect crops with biotechnology
Frederic is a staff scientist at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering screening for compounds to treat rare diseases
Cheryl is a postdoc at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering soil microbes to fix nitrogen the way microbes in root nodules do
Carlos is a Professor at the Baja California University (UABC), at the Tijuana Technology Institute (ITT), and in the C.O.S.M.O.S program at UC-San Diego.
Janice is CEO of Eikonizo, a drug discovery startup making novel brain-penetrating small molecules for neurodegenerative diseases
Carolyn is currently a postdoctoral research scientist at Northwestern University in Prof. Danielle Tullman-Ercek’s lab, working on protein superstructures inside bacterial cells
Jorge is manager of the Exosome Production Core at Codiak BioSciences after more than a decade spent as a senior associate scientist at Biogen and a lifetime of mentoring others.
Brooke Huisman is a fourth year PhD student studying at MIT in the Department of Biological Engineering. Her current research is in immuno-engineering, focusing on T cells function.
A Life Science Specialist at Avantor’s VWR, Dr. Racquel “Kim” Sherwood has always been interested in the sciences. She did a PhD in molecular biology at Brown University in understanding the life cycle of the fungi Candida lusitaniae.
Eryney Marrogi is currently a research associate at Dyno Therapeutics. He is investigating new ways to use machine learning to design adeno-associated viruses for gene therapies.
Shannon Johnson is a fourth year PhD student at MIT’s Media Lab working in the field of synthetic biology and neurobiology, engineering new ways to use fluorescence as a biological indicator.
Susana Donkor is a senior at Simmons University majoring in biochemistry on the pre-med track. In addition to being a mentor to some students, she is also involved with admissions at the school.
Professor of Biological Sciences at Missouri S&T, Dr. Dave Westenberg teaches microbiology and virology, focusing on broadening the focus of his students beyond one discipline.
Assistant professor in chemical engineering at Rose-Hulman, Irene began her engineering career at Whirlpool, then returned to academia to get her PhD at MIT. Her research group is made up of undergrads using synthetic biology to sense dissolved oxygen levels in fermentation tanks.
Associate Professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies how gender influences the manifestations of lung inflammation and disease. She is also the Director of the Biobehavioral Lab at the UNC School of Nursing.