Career Development
Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences
Looking for career options after your doctorate? And not sure what is “out there”? With this series, we would like to offer an opportunity for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics. You will meet former PhD candidates who will share with you their experiences including ups and downs looking for a job. PhD holders from academia, industry, science communication, politics, public and health sectors, education and more will show you the broad range of potential careers after a doctorate and give you inspiration for future career choices. We will have plenty of time after each talk for questions, discussion and networking.
Date: On the 2nd Thursday of every month, 17:00-18:00
Location: Online
Next dates
Speaker: Dr. André Schäftlein
Doctorate: PharMetrX Program - Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 2013
Current Position: Head of Clinical Pharmacy and Deputy Medical Director at Havelland Kliniken
Invited by: Graduate Center at the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (Freie Universität Berlin)
Meeting-Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m9febce76f789f2f6df897a3471c77f3c
Meeting ID: 2732 617 8829
Meeting Password: MEmYSkQS576
Speaker: Dr. Lam-Ha Ly
Doctorate: Bioinformatics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, 2022
Current Position: Forensic DNA Scientist, Polizei Berlin
Invited by: International Max Planck Research School for Biology And Computation (IMPRS-BAC)
Meeting-Link: tba
Previous dates
Speaker: Dr. Sofia Helena Zanella Carra
Doctorate: Agricultural Sciences, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2023
Current Position: Senior Analyst at the Sustainable Finance Think Tank Climate & Company
Invited by: Graduate Centre Life Sciences (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Meeting-Link:
https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/63534970170?pwd=0xeQ7SrJYkyh18LSFssu3qm05aySkj.1
Meeting-ID: 635 3497 0170
Passwort: 855587
Speaker: Dr. Christine Beuschel-Dang
Doctorate: Neurogenetics / Biology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 2022
Current Position: Medical Science Liaison Manager (MSL) in the field neurology; Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Invited by: Graduate Center at the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (Freie Universität Berlin)
Meeting-Link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m9febce76f789f2f6df897a3471c77f3c
Meeting ID: 2732 617 8829
Meeting Password: MEmYSkQS576
Speaker: Dr. Magdalena Matyjek
Doctorate: (Neuro)psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2022
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher; HU as the main host, University College London (UCL) and Dartmouth College as research stays within the Fellowship (DAAD PRIME)
Invited by: Graduate Centre Life Sciences (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Meeting-Link:
https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/66098626401?pwd=wYaf5cG18Ylt0c0QbfN6NB2HErhmbL.1
Meeting-ID: 660 9862 6401
Password: 311531
Speaker: Dr. Sven Dethlefs
Doctorate: Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 1997
Current Position: After completing his PhD at the FU Berlin in 1997, Sven joined McKinsey & Company, global management consulting firm. He served clients in medical devices, health insurance and pharma on questions of strategy, growth and organizational effectiveness. In 2008, he became the managing director of Teva Pharmaceuticals in Germany. Teva is the global leader in Generics and a leading CNS/immunology company. Throughout his 16 years at Teva, he held leadership positions in marketing, sales, operations, R&D strategy and business development. Most recently, he was the CEO of Teva North America. In 2024, Sven joined a Boston based Biotech company, PureTech Health. He lives in Philadelphia, USA.
Invited by: Graduate Center at the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (Freie Universität Berlin)
Meeting Link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m9febce76f789f2f6df897a3471c77f3c
Meeting-ID: 2732 617 8829
Meeting Password: MEmYSkQS576
Speaker: Vivien Lortzing
Doctorate: Biology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 2017
Current Position: Research Division at Freie Universität Berlin, Research Funding and Information
Invited by: Graduate Center at the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (Freie Universität Berlin)
Meeting Link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m9febce76f789f2f6df897a3471c77f3c
Meeting-ID: 2732 617 8829
Meeting Password: MEmYSkQS576
Speaker: Suvrat Chowdhary
Doctorate: Chemistry, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 2023
Current Position: Project Manager at GreenChem
Invited by: Graduate Center at the Dept. of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy (Freie Universität Berlin)
Meeting Link:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m9febce76f789f2f6df897a3471c77f3c
Meeting-ID: 2732 617 8829
Meeting Password: MEmYSkQS576
Speaker: Edgar Vogt
Doctorate: Biology, University of Bielefeld, 2012
Current Position: Venture Manager at Life Science Valley
Invited by: Berlin School of Integrative Oncology
Speaker: Dirk Ziemann
Doctorate: Physics, Institute of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019
Current Position: VDI/VDE-IT and Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Invited by: RTG2424 CompCancer, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Speaker: Richard Wundrack
Doctorate: Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität, 2023
Current Position: Teamlead Research, Analytics & Development, krisenchat gGmbH
Invited by: Graduate Centre Life Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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The event series is jointly organized by:
Berlin School of Integrative Oncology
Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Graduate Center Adlershof (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Graduate Center BCP (Freie Universität Berlin)
Graduate Centre Life Sciences (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Graduate Program "Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology"
IMPRS for Biology And Computation
IMPRS for Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Integrated Research Training Group of TRR 227: Ultrafast Spin Dynamics (Freie Universität Berlin)
International Research Training Group 2662: Charging into the future
Moreover, you can find information on free online events related to career support for early career researchers on the website of the Dahlem Research School: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/drs/news/career-events.html.