Welcome back to Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD! In this week’s episode, host David Mendes is joined by Al Zdenek—a seasoned entrepreneur in the wealth management industry, acclaimed author, and passionate advocate for financial literacy. With over 40 years of experience as a CPA, personal financial specialist, and now co-founder of K Club, Al…
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Welcome back to Beyond the Thesis! This week, host David Mendes sits down with Dr. Kirsten “Kiki” Sanford, a science communicator with an unconventional path from bird neuroscience to the front lines of science storytelling. In this episode, Dr. Kiki shares behind-the-scenes stories of launching “This Week in Science,” collaborating with mentors like Leo Laporte,…
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In this episode, host David Mendes sits down with Tina Persson, a PhD in organic chemistry turned career coach, recruiter, and author, to dive into the reality behind making the leap from academia to industry. During the conversation Tina shares her personal journey, from her PhD and climbing the academic ladder, to discovering that professorship…
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Welcome to another episode of Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD. This week, host David Mendes sits down with Dr. Rob Lion, professor of Human Resource Development at Idaho State University, expert in culture, leadership development, and organizational performance, and co-owner of Black River Performance Management. With over two decades of experience guiding individuals and…
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Welcome to another episode of Beyond the Thesis With Papa PhD! In this episode of Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD, your host David Mendes sits down for a meaningful chat with Claudia, who just wrapped up her PhD and is now stepping into the pharmaceutical industry. They explore Claudia’s experiences during her time in…
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Join the Beyond the Thesis Skool community! Welcome to another episode of Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD! In today’s episode, David Mendes chats with Andrew (Andy) T. Ceperley, a seasoned university administrator, consultant, and certified coach. Together, we explore alternative career paths for PhD graduates, such as grant writing and university administration roles, highlighting key…
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Get the Papa PhD Tool kit ! Welcome to the brand new Papa PhD segment! The PhD Dojo. Every two weeks, David Mendes will bring you PhD news, answers to listener questions, humor in this new space, where the goal is to make you a black belt in all things related to career preparation as…
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Get the Papa PhD Tool kit ! On this episode, I will be bringing you my interview with International Rockstar Photographer, dadpreneur and coach Matthias Hombauer, PhD. During our conversation, Matthias shares his experience in graduate school and shares how he dealt with the growing feeling that his future was not in research. Namely, we…
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This week on Papa PhD, I’m joined by Vikram Baliga in sharing with you a celebration of a great milestone for Papa PhD and for his podcast – the Planthropology podcast. Having both started podcasting in 2019, we just reached 50.000 downloads at a few days of interval, and we decided to thank you, the…
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Hi! Before introducing today’s guest, and to celebrate two years of Papa PhD, I’d like to extend an invitation directly to you. If you have a question about one of the episodes of Papa PhD, or if you’d like me to connect you with the people you hear on the podcast, or if you’d like…
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