Roles for PhDs in Environmental Sustainability
Monday, February 19th, 2024, 5:30 – 6:30 PM CST (Virtual)
Are you interested in leveraging your training to support a sustainable future? Next week’s What can I do with my PhD? career seminar will feature professionals working in strategy, management, and consulting roles that focus on creating innovative and sustainable products to support a green future. In this panel, they will share insights into the roles that scientists can play in space and how they have leveraged their academic training to explore a variety of careers along the way. Join our panelists as they discuss what drew them to the field, the competencies that are required to be successful in these types of careers, and ways to use your scientific training to support your entry into this career path.
Kate Krueger, PhD
Executive Director, Institute for Climate Biotechnology
Dr. Kate Krueger is founder of Helikon Consulting, an organization that partners with visionary scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs to develop their technical strategy. She combines a broad perspective on the academic and industrial landscape of cell-based meat and high-tech food with deep expertise in protein biochemistry and cell biology. Kate is former Research Director of New Harvest, the first nonprofit organization dedicated to cellular agriculture. Before New Harvest, Kate worked science-side at Perfect Day Foods, the first precision fermentation company to make milk proteins, where she contributed to their foundational patent. Kate holds a PhD in Cell Biology from Yale University, and is passionate about using technology for the betterment of society.
Barbara Wortham, PhD
Senior Manager, PwC
Barbara Wortham is a Senior Manager in the Climate Change team at PwC where she focuses on climate risk modeling, climate change, and climate change communication. She has 10 years of research experience resulting in many publications. Barbara specializes in climate modeling and analysis, with specific expertise in terrestrial and historical records of climate change, analysis of earth system models, and programming across a number of computing languages. She also has additional expertise in climate model assumptions, uncertainty, and climate change education. She hopes to help the general public better understand their exposure to climate risk and mitigation strategies.