Roundtable: "Positions in Industry; PhD Scientists' Perspectives"

Based on surveys, getting a job in industry is the second [if not the first] career option for STEM PhD-s. To give you a better insight, PCDA hosts a roundtable of OIST Scientists who all worked in industry, allowing you to hear their personal stories and insights.

Roundtable: "Positions in Industry; PhD Scientists' Perspectives"

  • Date/Time:  12:30-14:00 on Tuesday, May 31st
  • Venue: Central Building, Seminar room C210
  • Registration is NOT required. All OIST Community are welcome!

Speakers:

  • Dr. Alan Maigne
    • After finishing his PhD on Electron Microscopy at the University of Paris South, Alan spent 6 years at NEC Fundamental Research Laboratory studying the functionalization of nanotubes for biotechnology and drug delivery system; during this period, he received the award of excellence from the French Minister of Foreign Affair as well as a JSPS fellowship. He, then joined Gatan Inc. (a multinational company specialized in EELS and camera equipment) where he supported the Asia Pacific Area as a EM scientific consultant for various universities and industrials using his 15 years’ experience in analytical Electron Microscopy. Alan is now working on the application and development of analytical Electron Microscopy in Live Science at OIST.
  • Dr. Guido Klingbeil
    • Guido holds a PhD in Systems Biology from the University of Oxford, UK, and an MBA from the FOM in Essen, Germany. Prior to his PhD he was employed as a technical manager and internal consultant at SNT AG in Germany. Currently, he is working on the simulation of virtual neural morphologies and developing parallel simulation software for biological pathways with the Computational Neuroscience Unit at OIST.
  • Dr. Mikas Remeika
    • PhD in experimental condensed matter physics from University of California San Diego. Previously employed as engineer of metrology systems at Portland Technology Development, Intel Corp.  Currently working on 3rd generation solar cell technology at OIST.
  • Dr. Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos
    • Panos Grammatikopoulos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He did his undergraduate and Master’s studies at the Physics Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; however, he did his MSc thesis at the University of Liverpool, UK, where he returned to do his PhD on computer simulation of radiation damage for nuclear fusion reactors. He has worked as a research associate for NCSR “Demokritos” in Athens, Greece, and the University of Greenwich, UK, where he had an industrial placement at the Ford Motors Assembly Factory in Dagenham, Essex. Since 2011 he is collaborating with the University of Helsinki as a visiting researcher. Since November 2012 he works as a postdoctoral scholar at the Nanoparticles by Design Unit at OIST. His work focuses on computer simulations of physical properties of nanoparticles.