Career beyond PhD
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Career beyond PhD
Wed, 18/06/2025 - 14:30 to 15:30
Location:
Speaker:
Dr Vladimir Gubala
Affiliation:
CSO of PocDoc
Synopsis:
We are excited to announce the next lecture in the series "Navigating Beyond the Thesis: Exploring Career Horizons for Postgraduate Students." This series aims to provide PhD students with invaluable insights into the diverse career paths available after completing their degrees.
In each session, we will host external speakers who have successfully transitioned into various sectors, including Industry, Academia, Clinical fields, Government Agencies, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Education and Training, Non-profits, and NGOs. Our goal is to inspire and equip you with a broader understanding of your career options, helping you make informed decisions about your future.
We are thrilled to announce that the seventh lecture will be given by Dr Vladimir Gubala – co-founder and CSO of PocDoc, a UK-based health-tech company. In his talk, " Career beyond PhD," Dr. Gubala will share his career journey in R&D and offer insights into opportunities in research career post PhD.
We encourage you to attend in person and take advantage of this opportunity to gain insights into the career possibilities that lie ahead.
We look forward to seeing you there at 14:30! We will have some coffee/Tea and Sweet bites for you
Biography:
Vlad is a co-founder and CSO of PocDoc, a UK-based health-tech company that developed a new digital point-of-care lipid panel test with smartphone reader. He has a background in organic, synthetic chemistry with over 20 years of experience in the personalised diagnostics field. Prior to PocDoc, Vlad was a scientific advisor and a board member to diagnostics start-ups Kinostics and Andes Bio. He completed his PhD in 2006, he worked at the University of Florida, joined the world of point-of-care diagnostics at the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin and established independent research focusing on nanomaterial in personalised medicine at the University of Kent. Throughout his career, Vlad has published 50 research articles, which have been cited more than 2500 times. He is also a president of Division VII: Chemistry and Human Health at the International Union of Pure and applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and chair of Interdivisional Subcommittee on Materials Chemistry (ISMC). Vlad enjoys playing football and he is the top scorer for PocDoc Supervets Woodcoombe football club.