Pioneering New Paths For PhDs. Meet Cheeky Scientist.
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Our Members Get Hired At Top Industry Companies
Our Story
Our story is likely much like yours. A group of former PhDs who, after years of toiling in the academic sector, found themselves feeling disenchanted by the frustration, limitations, and red tape that came with our work. Feeling stuck by our own success, we started to ask ourselves a simple question: Could the experience, skill-sets, and expertise gained through our years in academia pave the way for success in industry as highly sought-after professionals?
The answer, we found, was yes. A resounding yes. We discovered that top companies in industry were eager to add highly qualified and highly distinguished PhDs to their roster. They just had to find these PhDs first.
And so Cheeky Scientist was born, a company built by PhDs, working to help other PhDs get hired into their dream careers so they could finally have the impact, recognition and compensation they deserve.
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We are industry PhDs dedicated to helping PhDs get into industry
In addition to our overall mission above, we aim to:
- Place 1,000,000 PhDs into industry positions.
- Support all our PhD programs by providing industry mentoring to PhD students, postdocs, and researchers.
- Enact change that requires principal investigators and academic advisors to receive management and financial mentoring.
We help PhDs find jobs in their desired industry
Our programs help PhDs like you overcome top industry transition challenges.
- Networking with limited time
- Determining which position is a good fit
- How to get referrals after networking
- Overcoming the fear of the unknown
- Overcoming the fear of failure after leaving academia
- Salary benchmarking and job offer negotiation
Isaiah Hankel, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Isaiah Hankel is the Founder and CEO of Cheeky Scientist. His articles, podcasts and trainings are consumed annually by millions of PhDs and other professionals in hundreds of different countries. He has helped PhDs transition into top companies like Amazon, Google, Apple, Intel, Dow Chemical, BASF, Merck, Genentech, Home Depot, Nestle, Hilton, SpaceX, Tesla, Syngenta, the CDC, UN and Ford Foundation.
Dr. Hankel has published 3X bestselling books and his latest book, The Power of a PhD, debuted on the Barnes & Noble bestseller list. His methods for getting PhDs hired have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Nature, Forbes, The Guardian, Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine and Success Magazine.
Rayanne Hoopes
COO
Geoffrey Rose
Software Engineering Manager
Ellidie Salladay
Graphic Designer
Destiny Amour
Transition Support Specialist
Brichelle Warren
Transition Support Specialist
Meera Mishra, PhD
Transition Trainer
Suneeva Abraham, PhD
Transition Trainer
Robert Coleman
Transition Specialist
Alejandra Viviescas, Ph.D.
Arya Ashok, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Thatcher, Ph.D.
Yuri Klyachkin, Ph.D.
Heather Brown-Harding, Ph.D.
Rebba Boswell-Casteel, Ph.D.
Elliott Brecht, Ph.D.
Ramya Raman, Ph.D.
Arunodoy Sur, Ph.D.
Rubenka Campbell, Ph.D.
Emma Lirette, Ph.D.
Jo Ramos-VonRitchie, Ph.D.
Monika Vinish, Ph.D.
Regina Gonda, Ph.D.
Kasey Hemington, Ph.D.
Tim Bushnell, Ph.D.
Nathalie Fiaschi, Ph.D.
Deepak Kumar, Ph.D.
Gad Sabbatier, Ph.D.
Sonali Pandhe, Ph.D.
Orly Levitan, Ph.D.
Alex Woychek, Ph.D.
Vinojini Nair, Ph.D.
Rupsa Basu, Ph.D.
Shobeir Seddington, Ph.D.
Brian Getson, Ph.D.
Don Asher, Ph.D.
Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.
Marlies Ozias, Ph.D.
Georgia Mundin, Ph.D.
Mathura Shanmugasundaram, Ph.D.
Sunayana B. Banerjee, Ph.D.
Aaron Kellogg, Ph.D.
Evguenia Alechine, Ph.D.
Anand Devasthanam, Ph.D.
Clare Chang, Ph.D.
Somsuvro Basu, Ph.D.
Vidhi Thakkar, Ph.D.
Robyn Marty-Roix, Ph.D.
Mansi Khanna, Ph.D.
Lavanyaa Manjunatha, Ph.D.
Vanessa A. Enriquez, Ph.D.
Karine Pozo, Ph.D.
Ruth Reitzel, Ph.D.
Priyasri Shotton, Ph.D.
Jessica S. Ellis, Ph.D.
Stefanie Hassel, Ph.D.
Coyte Cooper, Ph.D.
Christine Ichim, Ph.D.
Luis Gomez, Ph.D.
Aparna Srivastav, Ph.D.
Joydeep Pal, Ph.D.
Bhavin Bhayani, Ph.D.
Harish Handral, Ph.D.
Hank Cheng, Ph.D.
Antonio Martins, Ph.D., MBA
Michael Smith, Ph.D.
Alice Jones, Ph.D.
Ratika Datta, Ph.D., MBA
Natalie C. Fredette, Ph.D.
Desyree Jesus, Ph.D.
Evan Dubiel, Ph.D.
Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.
Lilian Josephson, Ph.D.
Ravikiran Ravulapalli, Ph.D.
Abha Chalpe, Ph.D.
Debdatta Sinha Roy, Ph.D.
Lara Iverson, Ph.D.
Ruchira Sharma, Ph.D.
Valeriia Sherina, Ph.D.
Adwait Ranade, Ph.D.
Anne-Isabelle Henry, Ph.D.
Ved Prakash, Ph.D.
Saptashati Biswas, Ph.D.
Shrivatsav Pattabiraman, Ph.D.
Susmita Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Bhushan Mahadik, Ph.D.
Julie Dela Cruz-Mulders, Ph.D.
Bryant Moeller, Ph.D.
Sedef Iskit, Ph.D.
Eugene Cilento, Ph.D.
Matthew Jefferson, Ph.D.
James Wadsworth, Ph.D.
Mandeep Sharma, Ph.D., MBA
Vincent Genest, Ph.D.
Tracy Moreira-Lucas, Ph.D.
Olga Rodriguez-Sierra
Chad Iverson, Ph.D.
Yaping Moshier, Ph.D., sMBA
Dignesh Shah, Ph.D.
Airama Albisa, Ph.D.
Alick Tan, Ph.D.
Hoda Erjaee, Ph.D.
Ankita Thakkar, Ph.D.
Elisabet Ortiz-Tudela, Ph.D.
Asif Khan, Ph.D.
Mariano Cardenas, Ph.D.
Abhigyan Sengupta, Ph.D.
Banu Mukund, Ph.D.
Melisa Soland, Ph.D.
Nilesh Bokil, Ph.D.
Supraja Narasimhan, Ph.D.
Klaus Kaiser, Ph.D.
Bibhudatta Mishra, Ph.D.
Maria Castillo, Ph.D.
Lois-May Young, Ph.D.
Alessandra Audia, Ph.D.
Elaine Lima de Souza, Ph.D.
Kevin Adam, Ph.D.
Kalpana Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.
Santi Suryani Chen, Ph.D.
Manindra Singh, Ph.D.
Gurlovleen K Rathore, Ph.D.
Robert Low, Ph.D.
Sheniqua Banks, Ph.D.
Tanya Henderson, Ph.D.
Dion Gnanakkan, Ph.D.
Martina Thomas, Ph.D.
Tushi Baul, Ph.D.
Seila Selimovic, Ph.D.
Oindree Banerjee, Ph.D.
Annette Padilla, Ph.D., MPH, sMBA
Prince Nana Amaniampong, Ph.D,
Yue Zou, Ph.D.
Prakamya Gupta, Ph.D.
Jean-Sebastien Michaud, Ph.D.
Amanda Nelson. Ph.D.
Tahseen Kamal, Ph.D.
Erika Spear, Ph.D.
Marie-Catherine Wavreille, Ph.D.
Theodore Lee, Ph.D.
Here's What Others Are Saying
"Thrilled to announce that I have joined a new role as a Research Associate at HJF to work at the WRAIR. Very excited to join a dedicated and brilliant team working to eradicate HIV. Thanks to my family, friends, and fellow Cheeky associates for their support in my job hunt journey.""
"I am delighted to announce that I have accepted the role of Research Scientist with a base salary of 90k. The cheeky scientist resources have helped me immensely and I am really grateful."
"Thank you for the assistance from the CSA these last couple of months. I was offered the position with a life science investment firm this week and I happily accepted the offer. Growth with the company is guaranteed and I hope that this will be the last time I have to interview in NYC (lol)."
"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as R&D Scientist II at Chemring Sensors and Electronic Systems, Inc.!"
"I am happy to share I am starting a new position! Excited to start this position with excellent colleagues!"
"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Founder at Relearning Earning!""
"I am happy to share I am starting a new position!"
"Hi Isaiah, I hope you are good....I did receive and accept a job offer!"
"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position!"
"I am thrilled to be starting my position as a Scientist at bioMeriuex! I will be joining the device validation team to bring #invitrodiagnostics to the market!"
"I got an offer at Estée Lauder! I accepted the offer since it is a great company and less than 15 min away. I don't have to worry about relocating."
"I am BEYOND ECSTATIC to finally say I am starting a new position as Patent Examiner in Biomedical Engineering at USPTO!"
"I am grateful to Isaiah, Meera, Abha and all the CSA for their constant help and support. This was my transition from academia to the healthcare industry...I accepted this offer as I am in urgent need of a job as my current lab is closing soon. Thank you!"
"Thank you for your advice, Isaiah! I’m super excited and grateful! I would never negotiate the salary and the other details of the offer if it weren’t for Cheeky Scientist. Thank you again"
"I just accepted an offer to be a Clinical Researcher Coordinator for a pain clinic near me. I'll be helping them run their clinical trial that uses a device to stimulate nerves to relieve patients pain. I start next Wednesday. So excited! I wanted to say thanks to Isaiah and all the members of the Cheeky team for your help! I really appreciate it!"
