Chhavi Mathur
Consultant at Independent/FreelanceI wanted to be a bridge between science and society. I wanted a better balance between scholarly and artistic work in my life.
I wanted to be a bridge between science and society. I wanted a better balance between scholarly and artistic work in my life.
You can contribute to science even if you are not on the bench!
Do informational interviews, they can be very helpful. Use your network to look for opportunities and learn about options.
Be open to diverse career paths. Your research skills are valuable beyond academia.
I also was beginning to feel like the entire breadth of my skills were not reaching their potential as an academic.
Academia, in most cases, prepares you well to take on most tasks. The only requirement is to adapt to a more commercially focused environment and apply those same skills in more flexible ways.
The work I do now is truly multidisciplinary.
I love having conversations with students, hearing about their research, and working alongside different Ertegun Directors