Karrieregespräche
Get on the right track
In unseren GRADE CareerTalks berichten Führungskräfte aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft von ihrer persönlichen Laufbahn und aus ihrem Arbeitsalltag. Teilnehmende Promovierende und Postdocs haben die Möglichkeit mit ihnen ins Gespräch zu kommen und in ungezwungener Atmosphäre erste Kontakte in die Unternehmen zu knüpfen.
Die Karrieregespräche finden in der Regel einmal im Monat spätnachmittags/abends statt.
Nachfolgend finden Sie die nächsten geplanten Karrieregespräche.
Dr. Britta Acksel: Making Utopia possible - Scientific Advisor at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
05.6.2024 | 16:30 | online | English | Center Sustain
Dr. Britta Acksel studied Cultural Anthropology and Political Science in Münster, Hastings (NE/USA), Frankfurt and, Istanbul. She completed her doctorate in Cultural Anthropology at Goethe University Frankfurt supervised by Prof. Dr. Gisela Welz and Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner (HU Berlin/TU Munich) in 2022. Titled “Städte auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit. Ethnographische Einblicke und Analysen” her Dissertation was just published by transcirpt (funded by the Open Access Grant of Goethe-University).
As the title indicates (literally translated as “Cities on their way to sustainability”) the cultural anthropologist does research on different aspects of sustainability, mainly in relation to cities for many years. Starting in 2013 she was a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI), first working for Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie and from 2018 onwards for Prof. Dr. Julika Griem. In her time at KWI Britta Acksel was part of different inter- and transdisciplinary projects and involved in setting up the teaching lab, among other things.
GRADE BioMed FIRST Career Talk: Dr. Ivan Krstic, Director of Marketing at Elsevier Life Sciences, on development of software for chemists in pharma and academia & the transition from academia to a non-academic career
April 24, 2024 | 16:30 | online
Dr. Ivan Krstic studied chemistry in Belgrade and earned his PhD at Goethe-University in the Prisner lab. He stayed on as a postdoc for two years before deciding to join Elsevier as a Customer Support Specialist. Ten years later, he now serves as Senior Director of Marketing in Elsevier Life Sciences, leading a team of ten product marketers responsible for understanding the needs of researchers in pharma, developing global marketing strategy and plans, creating value propositions, product positioning, messaging content, and enabling sales and other teams to tell the story. His previous role was Director of Product Management and Head of Chemistry Solutions, where he was responsible for business growth, strategy development, roadmap execution, and overall product management of Reaxys. Ivan and his team work closely with pharma customers to help them solve challenges in early drug discovery and lead optimization, as well as pharmacovigilance, using Elsevier's chemistry software Reaxys, biomedical solution Embase, and others.
What he enjoys a lot is being in constant contact with researchers at different stages of their careers and helping them solve their scientific and career problems. The transition from PhD/postdoc to a non-academic career has piqued his interest, and he has given several presentations and workshops on this topic, including at his former research group and universities worldwide. He is happy to share his knowledge and experience at Elsevier and address some of the challenges and fears he has noticed, even among successful senior scientists at large companies or universities.
This Career Talk will focus on chemists, biologists, and pharmacists, as these are the areas covered by his life science unit, but others are also very welcome.
English version