November 15, 2022
Katja Brose, PhD, is a science program officer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Brose is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on January 26th, 2023. UC Berkeley trainees may register for Brose’s PIR events here. Brose spoke with graduate student Samvardhini Sridharan about her career and the opportunities she’s had to wear…
April 26, 2022
Seth Lieblich, PhD, is a principal at venture capital firm 8VC focusing on life sciences technologies. He joins the QB3-Berkeley Professional in Residence program on May 6th. Lieblich spoke to postdoctoral researcher Elisabeth Gill about his trajectory from academic research to the biotech entrepreneurship ecosystem working in a biotech start-up, consulting, within the business development…
March 29, 2022
Timothy Day, PhD and UC Berkeley alumnus, is the co-founder and chief scientific officer (CSO) of DNALite Therapeutics. Day will be QB3-Berkeley’s Professional in Residence on April 5, 2022. In an interview with graduate student Leah Gulyas, Day traced his path to entrepreneurship from growing up in Kansas with the goal of pursuing medicine to…
February 03, 2022
Christine Ring, PhD, JD, is the secretary of Nurix and the company’s general counsel. Ring is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on Friday, Feburary 11th for two in-person events in Stanley Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Interested graduate students and postdocs may register for Ring’s events here. Ring spoke with graduate…
January 05, 2022
Elise Kikis, PhD, is a professor of biology and chair of the biology department at the University of the South (Sewanee). Kikis is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on January 12th and 20th. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Kikis’ events here. Kikis spoke with…
December 07, 2021
Erin Dueber, Ph.D., a Senior Principal Scientist in the Early Discovery Biochemistry Department at Genentech, spoke with graduate student Samvardhini Sridharan about her science career and how being unafraid to try things played a fundamental role along the way.
October 01, 2021
Faith Dukes, PhD, is the director of K-12 STEM Education and Outreach programs at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Dukes is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on October 7th, 12th, and 14th. UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Lab graduate students and postdocs may register for Dukes’ PIR events here. Dukes spoke with graduate…
April 27, 2021
Rachel Bernstein, PhD, is a the editor of Science Careers. Bernstein is joining the QB3-Berkeley Professionals in Residence (PIR) program on May 6 and May 13. Graduate students and postdocs may register for Bernstein’s PIR visit here. Bernstein spoke with graduate student Kaydren Orcutt about her journey from science writing to writing about the scientific community, and how her experiences at UC Berkeley helped shape her career.