Career Panel
Doctoral Careers Colloquium Co-sponsored with BU Grad Affairs and BU PDPA
Date and time
Location
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering
610 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215About this event
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