Describing my own scientific journey from a BS (UMass) to a MS & PhD (Boston University), visiting scholar and staff positions (MIT) and a postdoc, the objectives of these topics is to open minds to new possibilities, explore role and career paths. Topics:

• Sharing my real-life experiences in my projects along the drug discovery pipeline

• Describing the differences between positions in academia and industry, including basic, applied and translational research

• Highlighting the subfields that leverage a strong background math and statistics

• Answering participants' questions

  Presentations are customized and adapted for the audience's understanding of science.