Figuring out whether or not enrolling in a graduate program is the right choice for you can be daunting. While graduate school is required for many careers, there are also numerous rewarding professional paths that don’t require an advanced degree. Fortunately, there are plenty of tools available to help you design your educational journey so that it best matches your professional goals. A panel of current students and alumni from various BS, MS, and PhD programs in STEM share their educational and professional journeys, discuss their current positions, and provide insight to help you determine whether getting a graduate degree is the right choice for your future goals.
Moderator:
Alicia Van Enoo (Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience), Pre-Grad Advisor - UCSD Career Center
Panelists:
-Myra Haider, BS, Data Science '21, Data Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
-Kate Fichter, MS, Biology '19, Research Associate II, Singular Genomics
-Catie Profaci, Ph.D., Neuroscience '21, Postdoctoral Researcher, UC San Diego
-Eric Kofman, BS, Computer Science '14, Ph.D. Student in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Science Writer and Illustrator, EpiGenie
-Nicole Mlynaryk, MS, Neuroscience '21, Ph.D. Student in Neuroscience, Science Communications Fellow at UC San Diego Health
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