Careers and Beers seminars are informal Q&A panels with professional microbiologists from various sectors. Please contact Brian Hammer if you have ideas for who to invite or what sector you’d like to see represented.
Past seminars
Spring 2023: Consulting
Matt Aldag: healthcare consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
Georg Rieckh: data scientist in Whiteley lab at GT, formerly at Accenture
Fall 2022: Government
Ben Metcalf and Jon Gerhart: PhD candidates at GT with positions at CDC
Spring 2022: Biotech industry startup
Zach Abbot: CEO and cofounder of genetically engineered probiotics company ZBiotics
Fall 2021: Biotech industry corporate
Samit Watve: Principal Bioinformatics Scientist at Roche Diagnostics
Fall 2020: Academia, primarily undergraduate institution
Eryn Bernardy: Assistant Professor at Elon University
Spring 2020: Academia, research-intensive institution
Neha Garg: Assistant Professor at GT
Fall 2019: Science communication
Ben Brumfield: Senior Science Writer and Media Relations Representative at GT
Fall 2019: Government
Alison Laufer-Halpin: Associate Director, Office of Scientific Innovation and Integration