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Present team
Currently, the PhD Career Stories team consists of ten members: Tina Persson, Amal El Nahhas, Marie Cleo Mahouva Massela, Rui Cruz, Suzan Mansourian, Santoshi Devadas, Lisa Bierbaumer, Aritra Misra, Nitesh Raj Jaladurgam, and Mariel Andrea Müller.
Location: Copenhagen Metropolitan
When I was a child, I wanted to become a running woman.
But then I pursued a PhD in Organic Chemistry.
Currently, I am running my own company Passage2Pro and love to host my 2 Podcasts The PhD career Coaching Podcast and PhD Career Stories.
Fun fact about me: I am a Classic Pilates Trainer and I have a home gym.
In PhD Career Stories, I am the Happy Founder surrounded by a great team.
Location: Aveiro, Portugal
When I was a child, I wanted to become a racing car driver.
But then I pursued a PhD in host/pathogen interactions.
Currently, I am running my own company.
Fun fact about me: I guess I’m a SpaceX nerd.
In PhD Career Stories I am a project manager.
Location: Vienna, Austria
When I was a child, I wanted to become a primatologist, who observes monkeys in the jungle all day long.
But then I pursued a PhD in Molecular Biology, focusing on pediatric cancer.
Currently, I am looking for new challenges in the pharmaceutical industry.
Fun fact about me: wherever I go, there’s my hairbrush with me.
In PhD Career Stories, I am involved in quality control and community outreach.
Location: Leipzig, Germany
When I was a child, I wanted to become one day a surgeon, someday a movie actress, then another day a high profile taekwondo master.
But then I pursued a PhD in African Studies, studying social economy and politics.
Currently, I am writing my dissertation and looking to finish the PhD and concentrate on building a professional career or setting up my own enterprise.
Fun fact about me: I love watching movies and can spend days trying to find out how a movie was put together, where it was filmed, watch the behind the scenes and dream about how good of a movie director I could be.
In PhD Career Stories, I am a project driver, podcast publisher and help where I can in the team.
Location: Lund, Sweden
When I was a child, I wanted to become a pilot.
But then I pursued a PhD in Physics/Spectroscopy, studying light interaction with matter.
Currently, I am working as a technical sales support.
Random (fun?) fact about me: I complain even when I don’t have anything to complain about.
In PhD Career Stories, I am helping with the new website.
Location: Lund, Sweden
When I was a child, I wanted to become one day a ballerina, another day a physician.
But then I pursued a PhD in biology.
Currently, I am working as a Postdoc researcher at Lund University.
Fun fact about me: I can easily laugh and make my friends/family laugh. I am a reliable babysitter.
In PhD Career Stories, I am a podcast publisher, helping in marketing activities, and planning to interview some of our guests.
Location: Nienburg, Germany
When I was a child, I wanted to become an astronaut, and then a physician.
But then I pursued a PhD in Regenerative Science.
Currently, I’m wrapping up my PhD and trying to figure out my career options after the PhD.
Fun fact about me: I am a big-time Foodie, and I crack cringe-worthy jokes.
In PhD Career Stories, I am a podcast publisher, and I will also be involved in the Communications team.
When I was a child, I wanted to become a Chartered Accountant.
But then I pursued a PhD in developmental genetics.
Currently I am working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine.
Fun fact about me: I am always in a tussle between eating croissants all the time and choosing a healthier life!!!
In PhD Career Stories, I am contributing to the marketing and analytics department.
When I was a child, I wanted to become an archaeologist.
But then I pursued a career as a medical doctor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentine.
Currently I am working as a PhD candidate in Neurosciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands.
Fun fact about me: I love performing and I even took part of a kid’s TV show as a Mad scientist.
In PhD Career Stories, I am involved in the video editing of the podcast episodes!
PhD Career Stories Alumni
Past members of PhD Career Stories include Michele Manzo, Maria Sjögren, Paulius Mikulskis, Johanna Havemann, Karin Martinsson, Alice Corani, Anna Westerlund, Natalia Stolyarchuk, Olesia Snezhkova, Tiago Braga, and Jananee Muralidharan.
