STEMulating Conversations with Dr. Q

Being open to opportunity and understanding that 'your skills will take you where your strengths are'. These are the two main principles that Dr. Jones credits for successfully navigating a career path from faculty member to entrepreneur to current Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of New Hampshire.

Follow Dr. Jones on Twitter @wayne_e_jones

Visit his website at https://www.unh.edu/provost

It's the final episode, but not exactly what you think! Listen in to see why we are leaving Beyond the Bench behind.

What do you do when you feel as though you are not longer growing in your role? You've not burned out; but rather, you've become bored. What do you do when you just don't feel like doing anything, because it is too mundane?

As an ecologist, Dr. Claire Horner-Deving had an interest in studying relationships, identifying strength of interactions and understanding how communities work together. While she liked the science, she realized that she didn't love it. So what did she do? She parlayed the skills and principles learned as an ecologist and applied them to building programs focused on supporting underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

One of her programs is the NINDS NIH funded BRAINS- Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience

Follow her on Twitter to learn more! @chornerdevine

What do you do after you have rested, relaxed and renewed? You RESET! This week's episode challenges you along your career pathway to be a 'cation'. Be positive in your outlook regardless of the stage of your career, or what you aspire to achieve. Know what it is that you want, so that when someone asks, "how may I help you", you will be able to respond with a clear and concise answer. Listen to feedback because that is how your truly make forward progress.

Resting, relaxing and renewing are all critical to your ability to be productive and successful. That's just what I did over the past month. Now we are back and ready to kick off SEASON THREE of STEMulating conversations!

Dr. Erika Shugart is a trailblazer of pursuing 'alternative' careers in STEM. Exposure to science in her formative years influenced her desire to pursue a PhD; however, she quickly realized that her interests and skillset extended beyond the boundaries of a research laboratory.

Listen to this conversation and learn about her scientific journey beginning in Oak Ridge, TN to her current role as Chief Executive Officer of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Science communication comes in many different forms, so it should come as no surprise that Dr. Theanne Griffith, a PhD neuroscientist, is also a children's literary author of STEM inspired series of chapter books.

In this episode, Theanne shares the steps she took to landing a deal with Random House publishing. She also emphasizes how her scientific training has influenced her fiction writing and how the fiction writing helps with her technical writing.

You can learn more about her upcoming chapter book series, The Maker's Maze, by visiting her website at theannegriffith.com

Be sure to follow her on Twitter @doctheagrif

Dr. Garry Cooper has blazed a career path in the span of 10 years than most will do in a lifetime. In the span of a decade, he earned a PhD in neuroscience, did a postdoc, worked at two different Big Four management consulting firms, co-founded and launched a successful company of which he is the CEO and still finds time to serve as an adjunct professor.

How does he do it? In everything aspect of his life, he has a guiding principle of "know your breakup point, and when it is reached, then it's time to walk away.

This #STEMulatingconvo covers his journey from the PhD to his day to day work at Rheaply, an asset management platform that plays a critical role in the circular economy by facilitating collaboration among scientists and entities conducting scientific research.

Also mentioned in this episode:

The Rheaply Website

Clip of Garry's March for Science Keynote in Grant Park

Email: Garry

Twitter @garrycooperjr

Twitter: @Rheaplyinc

IG: @Rheaply

When a previous guest of the show wants to start a podcast to share his experiences on leadership and leadership development, you bring him back on. Latane Brackett's (Episodes 64 and 39) transparent, honest and humorous approach to leadership is something that we can all benefit. Listen in to this special edition episode to find out what Can I Just Tell the Truth is all about.