The Vulnerable Scientist

The Vulnerable Scientist

Download on the App Store

The Vulnerable Scientist episodes

  • 168 | Vulnerable Dr. Amani Said | Scientist's Career Coach | Personal Development

    Dr. Amani Said is a career coach and trainer on a mission to empower as many scientists as possible in launching dream careers that are making an impact. She has a Phd in Developmental Biology in 2007 at the Max-Planck in Dresden Germany.


    In this episode she talks about her earlier journey before getting into a Phd.


    As a born Lebanese and grown up in Sweden and travelled all over most of Europe and done South East Asia backpacking, coupled with finding what she wanted to do and getting it, She has had her share of experience when it comes to personal development. This is why she has a successbeyondthelab.com training business to help people grow.


    Here is a snipet of her intro page of her website I picked.

    I believed back then that a PhD degree will magically attract all the opportunities my way. Instead, I graduated into unemployment, confusion and feeling completely worthless. I was very afraid of making the wrong choices and failing when it came to my career. To make a very long and painful story short, after trying out many different careers, countries and cities, I realized what needed to change was not the job but ME. That is how the journey of personal development and coaching began. Working on my mindset was the key that helped me overcome most of my obstacles and achieve my personal and professional goals . That is why I am today training and coaching scientists in doing the same, developing a growth mindset in combination with learning all the career development skills to launch their dream careers.

    She having


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
  • 167 | Vulnerable Sarah Nyakeri | August 2022

    This is my august bonus episode of how I am doing.


    Duolingo: https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSLG6JEX2ITZCSQ


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
  • 166 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 4 | Highs and Lows, Hobbies

    Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery.


    In this Episode, she talks about the lows and highs that she has experienced throughout her journey. She also talks about her hobbies and things she does outside the lab.


    Laura holds a Phd In Biomecial Informatics from Rutgers University where her Dissertation was titled 'Pathway-centric Computational Approach Identifies Molecular Changes Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.'



    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
  • 165 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 3 | Quitting Phd and Starting another one

    Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery.


    In this Episode, she talks about her PhD research, Phd journey, being a parent with a career in science and quitting a PhD before starting another one.


    Laura holds a Phd In Biomecial Informatics from Rutgers University where her Dissertation was titled 'Pathway-centric Computational Approach Identifies Molecular Changes Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.'


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  • 164 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 2 | Scicomm | Motherhood as a Scientist

    Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery.


    In this Episode, she talks about her journey into science, science communication and her experience as a working mother in the United states.


    Laura holds a Phd In Biomecial Informatics from Rutgers University where her Dissertation was titled 'Pathway-centric Computational Approach Identifies Molecular Changes Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.'



    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  • 163 | Vulnerable Dr. Laura Harris | Part 1 | Journey in Science

    Dr. Laura Harris, is the Biological advisor at NeuroX1 where she is a Part-time advisor on bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery. When this interview was conducted, she was the Senior Bioinformatics Scientist where she played the role of Establishing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines to support drug discovery.


    In this Episode, she talks about her journey into science. Initially she though she would go into medicine but the path switched while finishing her undergraduate making her go into research instead.


    Laura holds a Phd In Biomecial Informatics from Rutgers University where her Dissertation was titled 'Pathway-centric Computational Approach Identifies Molecular Changes Associated with Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.'



    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  • 162 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 5 | Hobbies | Motivatedacademic.com

    Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about what he does in his downtime and motivatedacademic.com


    Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinction) in Environmental and Energy Engineering, and an M.Eng. degree in Power Engineering from Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland in 2012 and 2013, respectively. He also received the M.Sc. degree in Carbon Capture and Transport, and the Ph.D. degree in Carbon Capture Systems Engineering from Cranfield University, Cranfield, the UK in 2013 and 2016, respectively. 


    Dr. Hanak has held research positions at Cranfield University and has been leading process modeling activities in a portfolio of research projects in the areas of Energy Systems and Carbon Capture and Storage. His research interest includes low-emission power generation and industrial processes, sustainable energy systems, fossil fuel power plants retrofits with CO2 capture systems, probabilistic techno-economic performance assessment, and reliability analysis. His expertise is in process simulation and modeling of power generation and CO2 capture systems, and statistical analysis of engineering data. 


    If you want to be Vulnerable on the show, send me an audio message either on speak pipe (https://www.speakpipe.com/VulnerableScientistVoicemail ) or anchor (https://anchor.fm/thevulnerablescientist/message).


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
  • 161 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 4 | Highs

    Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about the highs he has experienced in his career journey.


    Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinction) in Environmental and Energy Engineering, and an M.Eng. degree in Power Engineering from Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland in 2012 and 2013, respectively. He also received the M.Sc. degree in Carbon Capture and Transport, and the Ph.D. degree in Carbon Capture Systems Engineering from Cranfield University, Cranfield, the UK in 2013 and 2016, respectively. 


    Dr. Hanak has held research positions at Cranfield University and has been leading process modeling activities in a portfolio of research projects in the areas of Energy Systems and Carbon Capture and Storage. His research interest includes low-emission power generation and industrial processes, sustainable energy systems, fossil fuel power plants retrofits with CO2 capture systems, probabilistic techno-economic performance assessment, and reliability analysis. His expertise is in process simulation and modeling of power generation and CO2 capture systems, and statistical analysis of engineering data. 


    If you want to be Vulnerable on the show, send me an audio message either on speak pipe (https://www.speakpipe.com/VulnerableScientistVoicemail ) or anchor (https://anchor.fm/thevulnerablescientist/message).


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min
  • 160 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 3 | Lows

    Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about the lows he has experienced in his science career journey


    Dr. Dawid Hanak is a Senior Lecturer in Energy and Process Engineering at Cranfield University. He received a B.Eng. degree (with distinction) in Environmental and Energy Engineering, and an M.Eng. degree in Power Engineering from Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland in 2012 and 2013, respectively. He also received the M.Sc. degree in Carbon Capture and Transport, and the Ph.D. degree in Carbon Capture Systems Engineering from Cranfield University, Cranfield, the UK in 2013 and 2016, respectively. 


    Dr. Hanak has held research positions at Cranfield University and has been leading process modeling activities in a portfolio of research projects in the areas of Energy Systems and Carbon Capture and Storage. His research interest includes low-emission power generation and industrial processes, sustainable energy systems, fossil fuel power plants retrofits with CO2 capture systems, probabilistic techno-economic performance assessment, and reliability analysis. His expertise is in process simulation and modeling of power generation and CO2 capture systems, and statistical analysis of engineering data. 


    If you want to be Vulnerable on the show, send me an audio message either on speak pipe (https://www.speakpipe.com/VulnerableScientistVoicemail ) or anchor (https://anchor.fm/thevulnerablescientist/message).


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  • 159 | Vulnerable Dawid Hanak Part 2 | Phd Journey and Writing 9 papers in 2.5 years

    Dr. Dawid Hanak helps organizations achieve net-zero emissions and green energy transition via engineering consultancy. In this episode, he talks about his Ph.D. journey and how he is able to publish 9 papers in 2.5 years as a PhD Student.


    He talks about Growing up in Poland, taking us through high school and intentionally learning English, Explaining Poland's education system, Working as a Sales Consultant in Solar Panel Power (Renewable Energy), and Erasmus Exchange Programme (EU funded) that helps him do a Double Masters's degree in the United Kingdom and Poland (Carbon-Capture and Transport)/ Power Engineering. Explaining his master's research in designing carbon capture plant and expanding it into a Ph.D. Program which he did in 2.5 years which is a short time with 9 papers published.


    He is also a Technology Transformation Consultant. He helps technology developers, engineering entrepreneurs, and energy innovators to quantify the feasibility of their technology by providing a unique blend of process design and development, financial modeling, and environmental impact assessment. His full-time job however is being a Senior Lecture in Energy and Process Engineering at the University of Cranfield.


    Free articles and advice for early career researchers -> https://motivatedacademic.com/

    Training and coaching for early career researchers -> https://hub.motivatedacademic.com/

    Free Facebook group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/phdwellbeing

    Advice and live events -> https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawidhanak/

    If you want to be Vulnerable on the show, send me an audio message either on speak pipe (https://www.speakpipe.com/VulnerableScientistVoicemail ) or anchor (https://anchor.fm/thevulnerablescientist/message).


    Feel free to reach out too if you want to talk about a certain topic in the science career space or anything as a scientist that might have nothing to with science but affects scientists. The podcast is on social media @TVscientistPod and Website; TheVulnerablescientist.com.


    You can support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thevulnerablescientist) on Patreon or Paypal sarahnyanchera(at)gmail or Mpesa at (254)0718-896-962 under Sarah Nyakeri.


    Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min

About The Vulnerable Scientist

From the publisher's feed

Only scientists who are honest and authentic or are working towards it will be on this podcast.


Professor Brene Brown's research shows that vulnerability fosters good emotional and mental…