As this year's cohort of Borysiewicz Fellows finishes up their time on the programme, we caught up with our first group of Fellows in a two-part podcast to find out what they did next.
Episode One
In part one, we talked to three incredible individuals who, since completing their Fellowships in 2019, have embarked on amazing careers outside of academia - spanning the United Nations, World Health Organisation, Amazon, and national government.
Our guests are:
- Dr Velislava Petrova, Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
- Dr Luke Meredith, Director of Deploy Laboratory Solutions and Consultant for the WHO
- Dr Matias Acosta, Founder and Director of Shaping Horizons
To hear their insights about unconventional career journeys and finding your path in life, listen to episode one here or on your favourite podcast platform.
Episode Two
In part two, we talked to three amazing researchers who have forged successful academic careers in the UK and Brazil.
Our guests are:
- Dr Pietro Sormanni, Principal Investigator at the Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge
- Chris Proctor, Associate Professor in Bioelectronics at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford
- Paulo Amaral, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Insper, and Researcher at the Albert Einstein Medical Institute in Sao Paulo
To hear their insights about the challenges and rewards of pursuing an academic career path, listen to episode two here or on your favourite podcast platform.