Career Panel

This one-day series of career panels offers doctoral students and postdocs the opportunity to learn from professionals who are using their doctorate in a variety of academic and nonacademic sectors.

Career Panel Program

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:45 Opening talk/career planning

9:45-10:00 Break

10:00-11:00

Panel 1A: Teaching

Moderated by: Jean Otsuki, Learning Experience Designer at BU's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

•Fadie Coleman, Boston University, Assistant Professor Medical Sciences & Education

•Juan Fuxman Bass, Boston University, Assistant Professor Biology

Panel 1B: Museums and Nonprofits

Moderated by: Sarah Hokanson, Assistant Provost Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs

•Jessica Roscio, Danforth Art Museum

•Andrea Farina, St. Francis House*

•Gillian Mason, MA Jobs With Justice

•Susan Heilman, Museum of Science

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:15

Panel 2A: Policy, Government, Law

Moderated by Muhammad H. Zaman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and International Health

•Ronit Prawer, British Consulate

•Bill Rosenberg; Retired Executive Director of the UMass Tech Transfer Office

• Nathan Phillips, Professor of Earth & Environment at BU

Panel 2B: Education Outside the Classroom

Moderated by Amanda Bolgioni-Smith, BU's BEST

•Adela Penagos, Futuro Enlightened

•John Doyle, Education Director at Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

•Kaori Urayama, Manager for Ash Center Fellows Programs

12:15-1:15 Lunch-

1:15-2:15

Panel 3A: STEM Research

Moderated by: Scott Schaus, Professor of Chemistry at BU

•Beth Selleck Fiore, Senior Research Scientist at PhAST

•Vidhya Kumaresan, Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at BU

•Albert Mondragon, Postdoctoral Researcher at Biogen

Panel 3B: Humanities and Social Sciences Research

Moderated by: Celine Young, Program Director, Postdoc Academy

•George Schwartz, Associate Curator at the Peabody Essex Museum and Instructor in the Tufts University Museum Studies Program.

•Joe Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology at BU

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:30

Panel 4A: Business

Moderated by: Marc Scatamacchia, BU Industry Engagement

•Nancy Ranxing Li, Product Manager of Edge Computing

•Gerry Fine, Innovate@BU

•Ramon Iovin, Medical Affairs Biogen

Panel 4B: Communication

Moderated by: Barbara Schreiber, Biochemistry Associate Professor at BUMC

•Cheri Sirois, Editor at Cell Press

•Melanie Mott, Senior Clinical Writer at Dynamed

•Michaela Schultz, Medical Writer at Alkermes

3:30-4:00 Guided reflection

4:00-5:30 Mixer