The Bioscience Careers Seminar Series is back by popular demand! Now led by the PhD Ambassadors in collaboration with the Office of Research and Graduate Education and Life Science Washington, the series will allow graduate students to explore careers and build professional connections with biotech and pharmaceutical companies within Washington state. PhD training prepares you for many different jobs, both inside and outside the academy. During this year’s Bioscience Careers Seminar Series, we’ll highlight experiences of scientists who’ve transitioned from their PhD to various careers in one of our local companies.

To lay a foundation for this monthly workshop series, plan to attend the first session on Thursday, December 18, from 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm at UW Medicine South Lake Union Orin Smith Auditorium*. The session, and all sessions in the series, are open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research scientists, staff, and faculty across UW.

* To encourage networking and community building, all sessions will be held in person at the UW SLU campus; recordings will be posted, at a later date, on the RGE website.

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About the Speaker

Srikant Iyer, PhD joined Life Science Washington in January 2023 as the Director of Workforce Development and Education Partnerships. Along with the CEO, Srikant works to develop, drive and align partnerships that nurtures and cultivates a diverse STEM workforce ecosystem to support the growing life sciences industry in Washington. He liaises with industry, colleges, universities, non-profits, and partners throughout the state and nationally to support diverse and underserved communities.

Srikant strongly believes that a diverse workforce is the key to innovation and has extensive experience in building capacity on an individual and organizational level to strive for inclusion and belonging within the STEM ecosystem. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Cornell University and pivoted to workforce development and solutions and utilized an evidence-based and data-centric approach to drive equity and inclusion within the STEM ecosystem.

Srikant loves Olympic lifting, hiking, and traveling.