Where: Bldg. 9 Lecture Hall I# 2322
Description
Putting your PhD to work: discovering the skills that you gained during your PhD training and making use of them. In line with KAUST’s mission to support knowledge-based economic diversification and creating a “brain- gain” effect by retaining talented scholars in the kingdom, this program aims to raise awareness and inspire our students and Postdocs to consider a wealth of career paths and opportunities that their doctoral training will enable them to pursue. Workshops will focus on building skills and identifying opportunities.
Jelena Bajic
TBC
Peter S.Fiske
Peter S. Fiske, Ph.D., is author of "To Boldly to: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists" and its second edition: "Put Your Science to Work: A Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists" both published by AGU. From 1997 to 2000 he was the co-author of the biweekly column Tooling Up on AAAS's Career website NextWave (www.nextwave.com). From 2006-2009 he wrote a monthly column on career development and entrepreneurship called Opportunities on the AAAS career website (www.ScienceCareers.org). He also writes occasional articles on careers and career strategy for scientists for Nature Magazine. He has organized and lead panel discussions and workshops on alternative careers and career development for scientists at national and international meetings, universities, and national laboratories. He has been featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation - Science Friday. Fiske received his Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences 1994 from Stanford University and an MBA from U.C. Berkeley in 2002. In 1996 Fiske was awarded a White House Fellowship and served one year in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Projects. Fiske is the author of 22 technical articles, a former member of the technical staff of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and currently Chief Executive Officer of PAX Water Technologies, Inc. in Richmond, CA.
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