Category: Lunch Q&A
BUWIC Speaker Luncheon with Lynes Torres!
On October 7th, 2016 BUWIC hosted a luncheon talk with Lynes Torres from PA consulting group in Cambridge!
Lunch with Dr. Malika Jeffries
BUWIC hosted a lunch seminar on June 10th, 2016 with new organic professor Malika Jeffries El!
Dr. Jeffries-EL's research focuses on the development of organic semiconductors–materials that combine the processing properties of polymers with the electronic properties of semiconductors. She has authored over 30 publications, received over 1200 citations and given over 75 lectures domestically and abroad. She has won numerous awards including the NSF CAREER award (2009), the ISU- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Diversity Award (2011), the ACS-Women Chemist Committee Rising Star award (2012) and the Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Award (2013).
Lunch Seminar with Dr. Gunther Kern!
BUWIC hosted an awesome lunch seminar with Gunther Kern, founder of Kern, Consulting LLC on Friday, April 8, 2016. Thank you, Gunther!
Gunther received his Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of Regensburg, Germany, after which he came to the US to work as a scientist at Astra Research Center, followed by a position at AstraZeneca. Most recently he has received his MBA and founded Kern, Consulting LLC.
Lunch Seminar with Dr. Joanne Kamens!
BUWIC hosted an awesome lunch seminar with Joanne Kamens, the Executive Director of Addgene, on Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Thank you, Joanne!
Dr. Kamens is the Executive Director of Addgene, a mission driven, non-profit dedicated to helping scientists around the world share plasmid reagents. She was a University of Pennsylvania undergrad and received her PhD in Genetics from Harvard Medical School, then spent 15 years at BASF/Abbott. In 2007 she joined RXi Pharmaceuticals as Senior Director of Research Collaborations. Dr. Kamens founded the current Boston chapter of the Association for Women in Science and has served on numerous other boards. In 2010, Dr. Kamens received the Catalyst Award from the Science Club for Girls for longstanding dedication to empowering women in STEM and in 2013 she became a Fellow of the Massachusetts Academy of Science recognizing scientific accomplishment and service to the science community. In 2013, she was named one of PharmaVoice's 100 Most Inspiring Commanders & Chiefs.
Dr. Kamens also forwarded a great blog cast related to the luncheon discussion on diversity in academia. Check it out, here!
You can also check out her blog on the addgene website found here!
Thanks again Joanne!
