Virtual Career Development Webinar
A Whole New World: Preparing for Life After Academia
Thursday, April 22, 2021
1 – 2 PM ET
For a graduate student or post-doc, the question of “What do I do next?” can be quite daunting. Your entire career has been moving to the next logical level of “school,” but suddenly there is no more school to go to. You are told that you can do anything you want, but how do you know what that is? This session will help you evaluate your personal values, skills, abilities, and knowledge to understand what sort of career will fulfill you professionally. It also will discuss what actions you can take now to put yourself in the best possible position for wherever you choose to go.
Register now for this event on Thursday, April 22 at 1 PM ET.
About the presenter: Lisa M. Balbes earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She spent several years as a computational chemist at Research Triangle Institute, conducting protein and small molecule modeling experiments in support of drug discovery. Since 1992, she has provided technical writing and editing services as Balbes Consultants, LLC, with clients including Washington University Medical School, Bausch and Lomb Surgical, Sigma-Aldrich, Stereotaxis, Pine Instrumentation, the US Food & Drug Administration, and many others.
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