Chemists Talk About Their Jobs

What to do after your Ph.D.? A series of interviews in which we ask a wide range of scientists about their work to explore options. With this we aim to give students better ideas of which career paths are open to them, what kind of requirements they would need to get a certain position, and to give them – as well as other readers – an idea of the broad range of jobs available for chemists.

List of all interviews published so far

Industry
	As A Chemist at a Computational Software Company Dr. Fedor Goumans, Chief Customer Officer, talks about his drive for customer satisfaction and emphasis on advancing technology
	As A Computational Chemist in the Pharma Sector Dr. Melchor Sanchez-Martinez, Senior Research Scientist at Molomics, Spain, talks about using computational chemistry and data science for drug discovery and development
	Career: As a Chemist Working as a Coder Dr. Abel Locati, C# developer, Lisbon, Portugal, talks about the thrills and challenges of making a career change
	Career: As A Chemist Working As A Quantum Software Engineer Barry Peter Mant, Quantum Software Engineer at ParityQC, Innsbruck, Austria, talks about the transition from academia to industry and getting into quantum computing
	Career: As a Chemist in Industry Dr. Florencio Zaragoza, Lonza AG, Visp, Switzerland, talks about his experiences in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry
	Career: A Chemist Who Deals with Patents Dr. B. Schnatwinkel, Corporate Patent Counsel at Merck KGaA, talks about the thrills and challenges of his job
	Career: As a Chemist in An Editorial Office Dr. Richard Threlfall talks about how he came to work in an editorial office and why diplomacy is an important skill for his work
	Career: Working as a Consultant in Research Management Dr. Antonia Niedobitek discusses transitioning from academia to a research management agency funding research and innovation, detailing her motivations for entering the field
	Career: As A Chemist Managing Products Dr. Richard Threlfall talks about a change of employment and why he thinks ChemPlanner is a game-changing software
Government
	Career: As A Chemist at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Dr. Derek Knight, Senior Scientific Advisor, talks about the fascination and challenges of his job and what makes regulatory sciences so exciting
	Good Environmental Policy in the Face of Uncertainty Interview with Axel Singhofen who advises the Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA) in the European Parliament
Nonprofit
	Career: As A Chemist at IUPAC Dr. Fabienne Meyers, Associate Director of IUPAC, talks about her career path, her daily work, and why IUPAC isn’t just there to invent rules
	Career: As A Chemist at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) Tatiana Santos, Senior Policy Officer, talks about her job that involves influencing policymaking and giving advice about sustainable chemistry
	Career: As A Chemist at a Museum Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
	Career: As a Chemist at a Chemical Society Dr. Karin Schmitz talks about how she came to work at the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and why communication is an important skill for her work
Self-Employed/Entrepreneur
	Career: As A Chemist Coaching Managers Dr. Gaby Schilling talks about her motivation to support people in their career and the challenges involved
	Career: As a Chemist Working as Independent Consultant in China Dr. Kai Pflug, CEO of Management Consulting – Chemicals in Shanghai, China, talks about what aspects he deals with in his job
	Career: As A Chemist Working As Freelance Writer Dr. Nancy McGuire talks about how she came to work as a freelance writer and editor
	Career: Starting One’s Own Company As a Chemist Javier García-Martínez on the commercialization of research