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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.

Female CEO in office

Our Program Leaders

Alejandra Viviescas, Ph.D.

Alejandra Viviescas, Ph.D.

Arya Ashok, Ph.D.

Arya Ashok, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Thatcher, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Thatcher, Ph.D.

Yuri Klyachkin, Ph.D.

Yuri Klyachkin, Ph.D.

Heather Brown-Harding, Ph.D.

Heather Brown-Harding, Ph.D.

Rebba Boswell-Casteel, Ph.D.

Rebba Boswell-Casteel, Ph.D.

Elliott Brecht, Ph.D.

Elliott Brecht, Ph.D.

Ramya Raman, Ph.D.

Ramya Raman, Ph.D.

Arunodoy Sur, Ph.D.

Arunodoy Sur, Ph.D.

Rubenka Campbell, Ph.D.

Rubenka Campbell, Ph.D.

Emma Lirette, Ph.D.

Emma Lirette, Ph.D.

Jo Ramos-VonRitchie, Ph.D.

Jo Ramos-VonRitchie, Ph.D.

Monika Vinish, Ph.D.

Monika Vinish, Ph.D.

Regina Gonda, Ph.D.

Regina Gonda, Ph.D.

Kasey Hemington, Ph.D.

Kasey Hemington, Ph.D.

Tim Bushnell, Ph.D.

Tim Bushnell, Ph.D.

Nathalie Fiaschi, Ph.D.

Nathalie Fiaschi, Ph.D.

Deepak Kumar, Ph.D.

Deepak Kumar, Ph.D.

Gad Sabbatier, Ph.D.

Gad Sabbatier, Ph.D.

Sonali Pandhe, Ph.D.

Sonali Pandhe, Ph.D.

Orly Levitan, Ph.D.

Orly Levitan, Ph.D.

Alex Woychek, Ph.D.

Alex Woychek, Ph.D.

Vinojini Nair, Ph.D.

Vinojini Nair, Ph.D.

Rupsa Basu, Ph.D.

Rupsa Basu, Ph.D.

Shobeir Seddington, Ph.D.

Shobeir Seddington, Ph.D.

Brian Getson, Ph.D.

Brian Getson, Ph.D.

Don Asher, Ph.D.

Don Asher, Ph.D.

Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.

Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.

Our Board Members

Marlies Ozias, Ph.D.

Marlies Ozias, Ph.D.

Georgia Mundin, Ph.D.

Georgia Mundin, Ph.D.

Mathura Shanmugasundaram, Ph.D.

Mathura Shanmugasundaram, Ph.D.

Sunayana B. Banerjee, Ph.D.

Sunayana B. Banerjee, Ph.D.

Aaron Kellogg, Ph.D.

Aaron Kellogg, Ph.D.

Evguenia Alechine, Ph.D.

Evguenia Alechine, Ph.D.

Anand Devasthanam, Ph.D.

Anand Devasthanam, Ph.D.

Clare Chang, Ph.D.

Clare Chang, Ph.D.

Somsuvro Basu, Ph.D.

Somsuvro Basu, Ph.D.

Vidhi Thakkar, Ph.D.

Vidhi Thakkar, Ph.D.

Robyn Marty-Roix, Ph.D.

Robyn Marty-Roix, Ph.D.

Mansi Khanna, Ph.D.

Mansi Khanna, Ph.D.

Lavanyaa Manjunatha, Ph.D.

Lavanyaa Manjunatha, Ph.D.

Vanessa A. Enriquez, Ph.D.

Vanessa A. Enriquez, Ph.D.

Karine Pozo, Ph.D.

Karine Pozo, Ph.D.

Ruth Reitzel, Ph.D.

Ruth Reitzel, Ph.D.

Priyasri Shotton, Ph.D.

Priyasri Shotton, Ph.D.

Jessica S. Ellis, Ph.D.

Jessica S. Ellis, Ph.D.

Stefanie Hassel, Ph.D.

Stefanie Hassel, Ph.D.

Coyte Cooper, Ph.D.

Coyte Cooper, Ph.D.

Christine Ichim, Ph.D.

Christine Ichim, Ph.D.

Luis Gomez, Ph.D.

Luis Gomez, Ph.D.

Aparna Srivastav, Ph.D.

Aparna Srivastav, Ph.D.

Joydeep Pal, Ph.D.

Joydeep Pal, Ph.D.

Bhavin Bhayani, Ph.D.

Bhavin Bhayani, Ph.D.

Harish Handral, Ph.D.

Harish Handral, Ph.D.

Hank Cheng, Ph.D.

Hank Cheng, Ph.D.

Antonio Martins, Ph.D., MBA

Antonio Martins, Ph.D., MBA

Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Alice Jones, Ph.D.

Alice Jones, Ph.D.

Ratika Datta, Ph.D., MBA

Ratika Datta, Ph.D., MBA

Natalie C. Fredette, Ph.D.

Natalie C. Fredette, Ph.D.

Desyree Jesus, Ph.D.

Desyree Jesus, Ph.D.

Evan Dubiel, Ph.D.

Evan Dubiel, Ph.D.

Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.

Klodjan Stafa, Ph.D.

Lilian Josephson, Ph.D.

Lilian Josephson, Ph.D.

Ravikiran Ravulapalli, Ph.D.

Ravikiran Ravulapalli, Ph.D.

Abha Chalpe, Ph.D.

Abha Chalpe, Ph.D.

Debdatta Sinha Roy, Ph.D.

Debdatta Sinha Roy, Ph.D.

Lara Iverson, Ph.D.

Lara Iverson, Ph.D.

Ruchira Sharma, Ph.D.

Ruchira Sharma, Ph.D.

Valeriia Sherina, Ph.D.

Valeriia Sherina, Ph.D.

Adwait Ranade, Ph.D.

Adwait Ranade, Ph.D.

Anne-Isabelle Henry, Ph.D.

Anne-Isabelle Henry, Ph.D.

Ved Prakash, Ph.D.

Ved Prakash, Ph.D.

Saptashati Biswas, Ph.D.

Saptashati Biswas, Ph.D.

Shrivatsav Pattabiraman, Ph.D.

Shrivatsav Pattabiraman, Ph.D.

Susmita Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.

Susmita Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.

Bhushan Mahadik, Ph.D.

Bhushan Mahadik, Ph.D.

Julie Dela Cruz-Mulders, Ph.D.

Julie Dela Cruz-Mulders, Ph.D.

Bryant Moeller, Ph.D.

Bryant Moeller, Ph.D.

Sedef Iskit, Ph.D.

Sedef Iskit, Ph.D.

Eugene Cilento, Ph.D.

Eugene Cilento, Ph.D.

Matthew Jefferson, Ph.D.

Matthew Jefferson, Ph.D.

James Wadsworth, Ph.D.

James Wadsworth, Ph.D.

Mandeep Sharma, Ph.D., MBA

Mandeep Sharma, Ph.D., MBA

Vincent Genest, Ph.D.

Vincent Genest, Ph.D.

Tracy Moreira-Lucas, Ph.D.

Tracy Moreira-Lucas, Ph.D.

Olga Rodriguez-Sierra

Olga Rodriguez-Sierra

Chad Iverson, Ph.D.

Chad Iverson, Ph.D.

Yaping Moshier, Ph.D., sMBA

Yaping Moshier, Ph.D., sMBA

Dignesh Shah, Ph.D.

Dignesh Shah, Ph.D.

Airama Albisa, Ph.D.

Airama Albisa, Ph.D.

Alick Tan, Ph.D.

Alick Tan, Ph.D.

Hoda Erjaee, Ph.D.

Hoda Erjaee, Ph.D.

Ankita Thakkar, Ph.D.

Ankita Thakkar, Ph.D.

Elisabet Ortiz-Tudela, Ph.D.

Elisabet Ortiz-Tudela, Ph.D.

Asif Khan, Ph.D.

Asif Khan, Ph.D.

Mariano Cardenas, Ph.D.

Mariano Cardenas, Ph.D.

Abhigyan Sengupta, Ph.D.

Abhigyan Sengupta, Ph.D.

Banu Mukund, Ph.D.

Banu Mukund, Ph.D.

Melisa Soland, Ph.D.

Melisa Soland, Ph.D.

Nilesh Bokil, Ph.D.

Nilesh Bokil, Ph.D.

Supraja Narasimhan, Ph.D.

Supraja Narasimhan, Ph.D.

Klaus Kaiser, Ph.D.

Klaus Kaiser, Ph.D.

Bibhudatta Mishra, Ph.D.

Bibhudatta Mishra, Ph.D.

Maria Castillo, Ph.D.

Maria Castillo, Ph.D.

Lois-May Young, Ph.D.

Lois-May Young, Ph.D.

Alessandra Audia, Ph.D.

Alessandra Audia, Ph.D.

Elaine Lima de Souza, Ph.D.

Elaine Lima de Souza, Ph.D.

Kevin Adam, Ph.D.

Kevin Adam, Ph.D.

Kalpana Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

Kalpana Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

Santi Suryani Chen, Ph.D.

Santi Suryani Chen, Ph.D.

Manindra Singh, Ph.D.

Manindra Singh, Ph.D.

Gurlovleen K Rathore, Ph.D.

Gurlovleen K Rathore, Ph.D.

Robert Low, Ph.D.

Robert Low, Ph.D.

Sheniqua Banks, Ph.D.

Sheniqua Banks, Ph.D.

Tanya Henderson, Ph.D.

Tanya Henderson, Ph.D.

Dion Gnanakkan, Ph.D.

Dion Gnanakkan, Ph.D.

Martina Thomas, Ph.D.

Martina Thomas, Ph.D.

Tushi Baul, Ph.D.

Tushi Baul, Ph.D.

Seila Selimovic, Ph.D.

Seila Selimovic, Ph.D.

Oindree Banerjee, Ph.D.

Oindree Banerjee, Ph.D.

Annette Padilla, Ph.D., MPH, sMBA

Annette Padilla, Ph.D., MPH, sMBA

Prince Nana Amaniampong, Ph.D,

Prince Nana Amaniampong, Ph.D,

Yue Zou, Ph.D.

Yue Zou, Ph.D.

Prakamya Gupta, Ph.D.

Prakamya Gupta, Ph.D.

Jean-Sebastien Michaud, Ph.D.

Jean-Sebastien Michaud, Ph.D.

Amanda Nelson. Ph.D.

Amanda Nelson. Ph.D.

Tahseen Kamal, Ph.D.

Tahseen Kamal, Ph.D.

Erika Spear, Ph.D.

Erika Spear, Ph.D.

Marie-Catherine Wavreille, Ph.D.

Marie-Catherine Wavreille, Ph.D.

Theodore Lee, Ph.D.

Theodore Lee, Ph.D.

Here's What Others Are Saying

"A new chapter begins! I'm thrilled to launch Wenwirth Scientific, where sincere meets creativity with a mission to make medical communication more engaging, impactful, and effective. I am ready to bring game-changing ideas to help you unleash the power of words and medicine. Many thanks to those who have supported me in this journey, I can't wait to work with you and start serving the healthcare community and patients."

Huey Wen Lee

Huey Wen Lee

Creative Medical Communications

at Wenworth Scientific

"Going with Nyxoah! Thank you for all your help Isaiah!"

Pratik Chhatbar

Pratik Chhatbar

Senior Clinical Research Scientist

at Nxyoah

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Senior Actuary, Pricing at HDI Seguros!"

Claudia Wehrhahn

Claudia Wehrhahn

Senior Actuary, Pricing

at HDI Seguros

"I proceeded with the offer we were discussing and i signed the contract a few days ago. I would like to thank you so much for your support throughout this process. it was really helpful and beneficial!"

Samir Tohme

Samir Tohme

Project Engineer, Optical Development & Simulation Expert

at EDL Rethschulte GmbH (FEV Group)

"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."

Ivan Peran

Ivan Peran

at Estée Lauder

"Hi Isaiah - I have news to share! I applied for a position on Monday night. I had an interview Tuesday and was just offered the position! (Wednesday). I can't believe it! All the hard work. The LinkedIn Messages. The resume building All your keys. I countered 5k more than they offered and they accepted it! I am so over the moon right now and so excited!"

Brittni Levasuar

Brittni Levasuar

"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!"

Alec Vallota-Eastman

Alec Vallota-Eastman

Scientist

at bioMeriuex

"I'm happy to share that I'm stating a new position as Medical Science Liaison at Celltrion Healthcare Co, Ltd.!"

Tammy Virdi

Tammy Virdi

MSL

at Celltrion Healthcare Co, Ltd

"I picked the Planet job! It ended up being the better fit for me... Thanks for all of your help!"

Emily Martin

Emily Martin

Hardware Systems Engineer

at Planet

"I aced the interview, I signed yesterday and begin next month!"

Sinduri Vuppala

Sinduri Vuppala

Field Application Specialist

at Bruker Daltonics

"I am happy to share that I have started a new position!....I look forward to learning from experience colleagues and apply the"

Augustina Kwesie Osabutey

Augustina Kwesie Osabutey

Water/Wastewater Engineer

at Barr Engineering Group

"Aside from all the technical pieces, the comradery, I really had an excellent time at the symposium that I was in Florida, that was super helpful...having a community that takes a part in your wins and also helps you pick yourself up and dusts yourself off when you don't get those wins and that you're not alone."

Christine Lo Bue-Estes

Christine Lo Bue-Estes

Medical Communications

at NBA

"I am happy to share that I'm starting a new position as a European Portfolio Manager at Scientific Instruments!"

 Shikha Acharya

Shikha Acharya

European Portfolio Manager

at Scientific Instruments

"Thanks to Cheeky Scientist, I now have an offer letter in my hand and a new career in the industry, which makes me incredibly happy and excited for the future. The training Cheeky Scientist provided was successful since it helped me to carefully consider my skills and improve how I approached my job search. I gained more confidence talking to recruiters and engaging in on-site interviews thanks to the many training modules and live sessions Cheeky Scientist offered. I had a lot of back-and-forth interactions with prospective employers as offers came in, and Cheeky Scientist helped me be a good negotiator. Through Cheeky Scientist, I could ultimately search for, negotiate, and select my best career route."

Vishnu Modur

Vishnu Modur

Clinical Trial Associate/Manager

at Medspace

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Clinical Scientist at Arvinas!"

Ana Luiza C. Zaninotto

Ana Luiza C. Zaninotto

Clinical Scientist

at Arvinas

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