Career Navigators Podcast

Today I chat to Thorsten Lambertus, who started his own company after his PhD. He then went on to help scientists create companies from their science at Fraunhofer Venture and now he started his own Fund under Hightech Ventures. We discuss how to start your own company, how to become an entrepreneur, and where to find funding for your company. Feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorstenlambertus/. 

Connect with Career Navigators on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @CareerNvigators, and don't forget to send us your feedback or ideas on careernavigators.pod@gmail.com. See you later, Navigator!

This interview was part of the Max Planck Career Evolution webseries, and was recorded live with a virtual audience. 

Today I chat to Oishee Chatterjee, about her PhD experience and post PhD job hunt. She shares how she found her PhD, we discuss mentoring in academia and of course she tells us all about her successful job hunt and her new position as QC scientist at ThermoFisher! You can connect with Oishee on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oishee-chatterjee/), just don't forget to add a note!

Connect with Career Navigators on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @CareerNvigators, and don't forget to send us your feedback or ideas on careernavigators.pod@gmail.com. See you later, Navigator!

Today I chat to Rebecca Thompson, who managed to combine her passion for teaching and translation into her current job as a training manager at Emarsys. She shares how professional and personal choices helped her leave academic teaching to work as a translator for the FBI. You can connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccathompsonphd/), just don't forget to add a note!

Connect with Career Navigators on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @CareerNvigators, and don't forget to send us your feedback or ideas on careernavigators.pod@gmail.com. See you later, Navigator!

Today I chat to Caroline Spearpoint, who went in and out of academia. She shares tips and tricks from the perspective of a recruiter, how to apply for consulting jobs and what it's like to be a working mum. You can connect with Caroline on LinkedIn, just don't forget to add a note!

Connect with Career Navigators on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @CareerNvigators, and don't forget to send us your feedback or ideas on careernavigators.pod@gmail.com. See you later, Navigator!

Today I chat to Chronis Fatouros about his Oddysey, zig zagging in and out of academia, eventually allowing him to return to Greece to start as a labhead at Theracell Advanced Biotechnology. You can connect with Chronis on Twitter @xxxronis7 or on LinkedIn under Polychronis Fatouros, don't forget to add a note when you connect! *note: as happens in life and careers, things change, even though we talk about Chronis' new position as labhead at iDNA Genomics, his current position is actually at Theracell, so keep that in mind! 

Connect with Career Navigators on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @CareerNvigators, and don't forget to send us your feedback or ideas on careernavigators.pod@gmail.com. See you later, Navigator!

Today I chat tot Lorenzo Calisse about his journey into and out of a PhD. We discuss his current job as a scientist at a biotech in Edinburgh and the considerations that go into starting or quitting a PhD, and what you might want to use it for in the future. If you are in a similar situation, feel free to reach out to him on social media to have a chat! 

Today I chat to Simone Burel, who got her PhD in linguistics in Heidelberg before starting her own company from her living room. She also wrote a book about female leaderships and she tells us how she helps shape the future of female leadership in academia. For updates on her fantastic projects you can find her on LinkedIn!

Today I chat to Viktoria Korzhova, who came all the way from Russia to do a PhD in Neuroscience at LMU in Munich. During her PhD she was involved with multiple science communication projects, including Pint of Science, Soapbox Science and 15x4, as well as career counseling. After her PhD she went into science management as IMPRS graduate school coordinator at the Max Planck Society, followed by a job as application specialist and finally landing as Product Manager for Product People. You can find Viktoria on LinkedIn and Twitter @NeuroViktoria.

Today I chat to Paola Garcia, who currently works in a boundary institution at UNAM, Mexico. After her PhD at the University of Plymouth, UK, she returned to Mexico to work in the department for the sustainability department of the Mexican government. After a while she started missing the rigour of academia, and now she's working on two projects trying to shape policy based on research data. To find out how she's trying to measure impact of sustainability projects and how she is trying to make Mexico City a safer city to cycle in, check out her research on https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paola_Garcia_Meneses and https://lancis.ecologia.unam.mx/personal/paola_garcia?fbclid=IwAR1kmFeryeuP2E7GK2GfIJ1V9LLU3QsizX4MTGd97-oYcYF8AQikJk7qC4w. 

Today I chat to George Caputa who is an associate editor at Nature Metabolism where he can enjoy reading papers all day. He finished a PhD at Washington University in St Louis, USA, after which he took a dive in the deep end by moving to Freiburg, Germany for his Postdoc in Immunometabolism. We discuss what we think makes a good scientist and a good paper, and what it's like to be on the other side of the publishing process. You can connect with George on LinkedIn or Twitter @curiousdrgeorge.

Today I chat to Victor Bustos about his position as an entrepeneur-in-residence. Victor started at Apollo Ventures after he finished his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing. We talk about the ins and outs of Biotech investment and venture capital, as well as the latests developments in the ageing field. Please note that this episode was recorded as a webinar series with a live audience asking questions.

Today I chat to Isabelle Schiffer who became a Science Communicator at the Forever Healthy Foundation after finishing her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing in Germany. We talk about her extensive job search using LinkedIn and what it's like to be a science communicator at a foundation, where you have access to free coffee. Please note that this episode was recorded as a webinar series with a live audience asking questions.