Cristina Nigro, PhD, is a Health Science Policy Analyst at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Lauren Harte-Hargrove, PhD, is Associate Director of Research at CURE Epilepsy, working in project and grants management for the patient advocacy group.

Rachel Mak-McCully, PhD, is a data scientist currently working as the lead data scientist for sensors & wearables at Octave Biosciences.

Cami Ryan, PhD, is a public sector researcher currently working as the Social and Behavioral Sciences Lead for Regulatory Scientific Affairs at Bayer Crop Science.

Julianne McCall, PhD, is currently the Co-Director of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine in the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.

Gaëlle Batot, PhD, works in a position that combines project management with elements of science communication at the Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program Contract Site at the University of Utah. She describes how her academic path led to this role and where it might lead in the future.

Ipsa Jain, PhD, is a freelance science communicator and science illustrator with a background in molecular biology.

Patricia Izbicki, PhD, is a science communicator currently working as Medical Science Liaison at AbbVie.

Mary O’Reilly, PhD, is a Scientific Illustrator & Designer at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Caitlin Karniski, PhD, is an Associate Editor at Communications Biology, a journal at Springer Nature, where she works on ecology, evolution, and other biological science manuscripts.

Janet Matsen, PhD, is a data scientist currently working at Zymergen.

Yuri Klyachkin, PhD, is a science communicator and industry professional currently working as the Medical Director of Global Medical Affairs at Amgen.

Rose Hendricks, PhD, is a science communicator currently working as the Program Director of the Society Civic Science Initiative at American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).

Sean Gomez, MS, is currently the Enrollment Operations Manager at Whittier College.

Julie Dela Cruz, PhD, is a science communicator and educator currently working as a Medical Science Liaison at Eli Lilly.

Suneer Verma, PhD, is a life sciences consultant currently working as Strategy Manager at Edwards Lifesciences.

Stephanie Dusaban, PhD, is a Patent Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Shraddha Nayak, PhD, is a biomedical illustrator currently working in The Animation Lab at the University of Utah.

William Kim, PhD, is a science communicator currently working at Pharmacyclics as a Senior Manager of Medical Publishing.

Cayla Thompson, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics.