Science communication

In this episode, Katharina talks about, how she became interested in pursuing a career in science communication after working on a SciComm project and also after witnessing the disconnect between the scientific community and society, during the pandemic.

In this episode, Dr. Priya Rangan shares with us everything about her journey to becoming a scientific communications specialist.

Niba Nirmal hosts and produces science videos on major social media platforms. Here, she shares with us her career path that led her to what she is doing today. Listen to this episode to understand why and how Niba followed her passion while making a significant career decision.

Dr. Francesca Capellini returns for a second episode in which she will talk about the importance of networking in order to broaden your career opportunities.

Dr. Ben Hartwig is a German scientist, entrepreneur and an actor who founded his own company. In this podcast, Dr. Ben Hartwig shares the lessons he learnt during his PhD and explains how he successfully combined his analytical and creative side together.

In this episode Pearl Osirike shares her story and some of the most important lessons she has learned during her PhD. Currently, she is a second year PhD student of Molecular and Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases at the West African Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious.

Dr. Aoife O Dwyer shares with us her story about why she almost quit her PhD and where she found the motivation to stay. She holds a PhD in Immunology and is the founder of MSL Consultant which helps PhD graduates transition from academia to industry.

Dr. Kajsa Hallberg Adu holds a PhD in African Studies and from the University of Ghana and is a lecturer at Ashehi University. In this episode, she shares her story about her academic career but also about her life as an activist and a blogger.

Dr. Karin Bodewits founded the career platform NaturalScience.Careers. She works as an author, speaker and seminar leader for a range of communication topics. She is the author of the novel ‘You Must Be Very Intelligent — The PhD Delusion’, published by Springer Nature.

Dr. Dennis Fink shares how he became a science communicator and started his own company right after a PhD. 

Dr Dennis Fink changed his career path in 2011 after his PhD in Marine Microbiology at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. He talks about how he became a science communicator and which skills you can use from your PhD if you aim to be self-employed.

Dr Amanda González-Bengtsson is a Public Relations Manager at Stockholm University and her passion is to promote science and make it known in society and to stakeholders. She explains how she managed to get a lot of job offers after the PhD.

Dr Fatma Guettou is a structural biologist with a PhD in X-ray crystallography from Karolinska Institute. After completing her PhD, Fatma moved to Munich for a postdoc position. She is is currently working as a crystallographer at Medivir.

Dr Johanna Havemann works as a trainer and consultant in Science Communication for universities and research institutions in Europe and Africa.

Dr Johanna Havemann works as a trainer and consultant in Science Communication for Universities and research institutions in Europe and Africa. She obtained her PhD in 2009 from the Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany.

Kyriaki Liadaki did her PhD in Immunology at the University of Thessaly and then continued postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School and Karolinska Institutet. She tells us how she came to make the life changing decision to leave academia and become a teacher.