Melissa Sweeney – Research Careers

Career profiles Career profiles: PhD Degree: Biology Left academia after: PhD Sector: Healthcare

Richard Huysmans

Senior Manager, Education and Business Development at Health Education Australia Limited

Take the risk! The worst thing that can happen is you go back to academia with a (relative) wealth of industry experience – especially compared to your colleagues. The best thing that could happen is you find a full-filling career.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Biochemistry Left academia after: 6+ years postdoc Sector: Government

Sarah Atkinson

Assistant Director at Department of Finance

You’re never going to have an epiphany about what to do next. You just have to pick something and try it.

Career profiles Degree Degree: Biochemistry Left academia after: 6+ years postdoc PhD Sector: Diagnostics Sector: Startups

James Larkin

CEO and Founder at Oxomics

I’m getting to see the technology that I invented move from academia towards the clinic. The further I get down this process the more I can see the end result and it’s an exciting thing to observe.