Rui Cruz

Dr. Sonia Jaeger is a German-French psychologist and psychotherapist that works as an online therapist. In today's episode you can learn about her PhD work and her transition into living as a digital nomad.

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.

Dr. Kate Evans is an award winning behavioural ecologist and conservation biologist. She is also the Founder and Director of the Elephants for Africa charity. In today's episode Dr Evans shares her story and tells us how her passion and interests in elephants shaped her career.

Dr. Ben Hartwig is a German scientist, entrepreneur and actor that founded his own company. This is the second episode featuring Dr. Hartwig, and in today's episode he will talk about resilience and will share tips on how to stay resilient and how to deal with stress.

Dr. Svante Hedstrom works as a chemistry specialist at a private company in Sweden. In todays episode, Dr. Hedstrom will tell us the story of his transition from academia to industry and reflect on the importance of leaving our comfort zone.

Dr. Martin Blaser is a career coach, postdoc coordinator and co-founder of the Max Planck PostdocNet. In today's episode Dr. Blaser shares with us how, after spending over 10 years in academia, he landed his current positions.

Dr. Sven Totté is a Management Consultant who is passionate about improving companies performance through organizational and business development. In today's episode he shares with us some reflections on the future of work including trends like the gig economy.

Dr. Francesca Capellini holds a PhD in Biology, is a scientist writer, a science communicator and also works as a researcher for the NPO Fondazione Umberto Veronesi. In this episode she talks about how she prevailed over common mistakes done while applying for a job.

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. Sabine Englich worked as a science manager in the Max Plank institute for 20 years, after which she started her coaching career. In this episode, Dr. Englich shares her story from the perspective of a coach and tells us about the essence of developing a satisfying career.

Dr. Naresh Thatikonda holds a PhD in Biotechnology and works at Cobra Biologics as a senior scientist. In today's episode Dr. Thatikonda shares with us his transition story from academia to industry.

Dr. Laura Pozzi holds a Life and Biomolecular Science PhD, and works as a Scientific Writer for a Swedish Biotech firm. In today's episode Dr Pozzi shares with us how she stepped out of academia and started a new career.

Dr. Ulrikke Voss has a PhD in Medical Sciences and has been working as a researcher at Lund university for 6 years. She just decided to quit the academic career and start a new journey. In today's podcast, she shares her story and how she is preparing her new adventure.

Dr. to be Natalia Bielczyk is just about to get her PhD in Neurosciences. Meanwhile, she launched a foundation and founded a company that helps researchers to develop careers beyond academia. In today's episode Natalia shares her story and how she became an entrepreneur.

Dr. Evelina Kulcinskaja holds a PhD in Biochemistry and currently works as a lab manager at a pharmaceutical company. In today's episode Dr. Kulcinskaja will tell us the story of her transition from academia to industry, and share with us some reflections on her journey.

Dr. Rui Cruz holds a PhD in biomedical sciences and currently works at his startup Connecting Biotech. In today's episode Dr. Cruz shares with us valuable tips and lessons he learned along his journey.

To celebrate our 100th episode, we have a round table discussion with 9 members of our team. Today we talk about the impact that PhD Career Stories have had on PhDs around the world, and what we have learned from PhD Career Stories and working as a team in the last 3 years.

Dr. João Graça holds a PhD in Biosciences from Cardiff University and currently is an R&D Project Manager at LIPOR. In this episode, he shares his career story and looks back on his journey holding several roles in different Life Science fields and in different countries.

Isabeau Iqbal is a certified career and life coach, and in this episode, she shares with us her nuggets of wisdom about making better strategic career decisions. If you want to learn this art too, listen to this episode now.

In this episode, Tina Persson and Sajni Haria discuss the entrepreneurial mindset that PhDs can train themselves with if they start thinking of the bigger picture of commercialising their research.