Life After PhD Brielle Stark

Dr. Sitathani and I go back many years -- mostly as competitors in the sport of rowing at Cambridge University! He graduated with his PhD in 2016 in physical chemistry, studying gas emission from diesel engines. Then, he embarked on a career in financial tech (you'll hear Krit say "fintech," which is what this is), and now is an Assistant Managing Director at a large bank in Thailand. His job now comprises both research and financial consulting, largely on environmental-related fund management. As he says in this podcast... he started doing something (fintech) that had nothing to do with his PhD in Chemistry, but has now suddenly found himself with a research-related role in a banking institution that's focused on many of the topics he researched in his PhD. It's fun how life can come 'full circle'! Hope you enjoy.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krit-sitathani-phd-44922a50/

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Dr. Angela Quiroz works in Diversity and Equity, is a professor at a community college, and also runs her own consulting business! She holds a PhD in International Psychology, and a BA and an MA in Criminal Justice. It was a pleasure to chat with her and better understand her journey to where she is today. I hope that you enjoy!



LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-quiroz-phd-87290878/


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It was a real pleasure to chat with Dr. Beejal Oza, a psychologist and counselor working full-time as the Global Director of Counseling & Coaching Center & Assistant Professor at SP Jain School of Global Management in Dubai, UAE. Dr. Oza is also a Global Mental Health Consultant. She's got a spectacular outlook on life and emotional intelligence, and it was such a pleasure getting to spend some time with her! I hope you enjoy.



https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-beejal-oza-29030611/

https://www.spjain.org/faculty/profiles/bijal-oza




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It is my pleasure to host Dr. Kacy Barker on this episode of Life After PhD! Dr. Barker has a PhD in International Psychology with a concentration in Trauma Services, a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. She spent approximately ten years working before returning for her PhD, and shares some great life experiences that helped to motivate her to get a PhD, and also how her life experiences shaped her PhD and the time after it. She is a tireless social advocate, and shares a lot of information about her research on destigmatizing sex work and more globally on harm reduction. Please check out the links below for more information on these topics. I hope you enjoy listening to Kacy as much as I did!



LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacy-barker/

Dr. Barker's PhD, "
How Values Shape Attitudes: The Stigma of Sex Work in Amsterdam, The Netherlands": https://www.proquest.com/docview/2740277790?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true


Harm Reduction Coalition: https://harmreduction.org/about-us/principles-of-harm-reduction/ 

Recommended further reading on sex work: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317386939_Sex_Work_Criminalization_Is_Barking_Up_the_Wrong_Tree



If you're interested in being featured on Life After PhD, please reach out to Dr. Brielle Stark at brielle.stark@gmail.com




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Welcome back to Life After PhD!

Dr. Michele Veldsman is currently the head of Research & Development in Neuroscience at Cambridge Cognition, based in the UK. She graduated with her PhD from Cambridge University, and completed several postdoctoral roles / research scientist roles before taking her current job. She is a well-known mentor in the field of human neuroscience, especially to women and persons from marginalized and minoritized groups. She's gone out of her way to help others seeking a change from academia, and in her spare time (I joke, I joke), is about to go live with her startup, Playroom! Learn more about Michele, below.



LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleveldsman/

Playroom: https://www.playroom-app.com/ (and nice write-up: https://www.forwardpartners.com/latest/michele-veldsman-founder-of-playroom)

Dr. Veldsmans' courses: https://stan.store/DrVeldsman





Interested in being on the podcast? Reach out to me (Brie) at brielle.stark@gmail.com




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Dr. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks and I talk about her trajectory from a clinical psychology PhD, to a clinical internship, postdoctoral fellowship, clinical education professorship and now her role as a first-year tenure-track Assistant Professor. She has some great insight into her own favorite parts of doing a PhD (creativity! being interdisciplinary!), and great takes on lessons learned along the way.



Dr. Moussa-Tooks academic page: https://psych.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/moussatooks-alexandra.html

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jhX8qzcAAAAJ&hl=en



Some terminology we use:

PI = Principal Investigator

NIH = National Institutes of Health

PBS = Psychological and Brain Sciences

Wet Lab = a type of laboratory where it is necessary to handle various types of chemicals and potential "wet" hazards, such as with animal models



If there's ever a word/phrase you're unfamiliar with, let me know and I'll add it to these notes.





I'd love to host you next! Send me an email: brielle.stark@gmail.com




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