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Preparing Perfect Scientific Presentations

  • ACS Short Course Webinar, 2010 April 13, 20, 27

Green Opportunities for Your Chemistry Career

  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries:
Career Opportunities for Chemical Professionals

  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Careers for Organic Chemists

  • 2010 April 15, Cameron University, Lawton OK (twice)

Work-Life Balance on Multiple Time Scales
Daily, Monthly, Yearly and Lifetime

  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Things I Wish I'd Known - Life Lessons from My Career in Chemistry

  • 2010 Feb 26, WCC North Carolina local section ACS

Changing Careers: When and How (LinkedIn)

  • 2010 Feb 11, 17, March 09, 31, April 12, 29 Pfizer Career Center, Right Management

Non-Traditional Careers in the Sciences (3-hour Workshop)

  • University of British Columbia, Vanvouver, Canada, 2010Jan20

Nontraditional Careers for Chemists/Scientists: Thinking Outside the Beaker

  • 2010 April 25, Expeimental Biology 2010 Conference, ASBMB track, Anaheim, CA
  • 2010 April 15, Wichita Falls-Duncan Local Section ACS
  • 2010 March 22 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, for the Chemistry and the Law (CHAL) Division
  • 2010 Mar 04 Washington University in St Louis - BioEntrepreneurship Core
  • 2010 Feb 25 Hampton Roads Local Section ACS
  • 2010 Feb 24 Virginia Blue Ridge Section, ACS
  • 2010 Feb 18, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • 2009 September 17, Chemistry Career Night, Younger Chemists Committee, St Louis, MO
  • 2009 May 16, Great Lakes Regional ACS meeting, Chicago, IL
  • 2009 April 29, Arizona State University/Central Arizona ACS, Phoenix, AZ
  • 2009 April 15, Cameron College, Hastings, Nebraska
  • 2009 April 15, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
  • 2009 April 14, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • 2009 March 05, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO
  • 2008 July 11, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry Department. Focus on careers in sales and marketing.
  • 2008 June 30, Northeastern Regional Meeting (NERM) of the American Chemical Society
  • 2008 February 26, University of Connecticut, Chemistry 300 class
  • 2008 February 23, University of Texas at Austin
  • 2008 February 20, Northwestern University (Chicago)
  • 2007 May 21, CERMACS meeting, Covington KY
  • 2007 April 14, Detroit Local Section, ACS
  • 2007 March 26, Invitation of CHAL division at ACS National Meeting, Chicago IL
  • 2007 April 18, Pfizer Inc, St Louis, MO
  • 2006 October 26, Midwest Regional ACS meeting, Quincy, IL

Job Search Strategies for Chemical Professionals:

Planning Your Job Search;
Preparing a Resume
Effective Interviewing for Industrial Positions

  • 2010 Feb 18, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • 2009 October 22, Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, Iowa City, IA
  • 2009 April 30, Arizona State University/Central Arizona ACS, Phoenix, AZ
  • 2009 April 18, Southest Missouri State University
  • 2009 March 23, 24 ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
  • 2008 August 17, 19 ACS National Meeting, Philadephia, PA
  • 2008 April 6, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Mock Interview Demonstration

  • 2010 March 22 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Leadership Development Workshop

  • Younger Chemists Commitee, Fort Worth, Texas, 2010 Jan22
  • Younger Chemists Commitee, Fort Worth, Texas, 2009 Jan24

Leadership: A Critical Tool for Career Success

  • 2010 Feb 23 Central North Carolina Local ACS section
  • 2008 September 22-26, Chisholm/Osage Speaker Circuit

Leaving the Nest: Life After Postdocing

  • 2009 August 21, presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington DC for the Computers in Chemistry Division

How to Start a Chemical Consulting Business

  • 2009 August 16, ACS National Meeting, Washington DC
  • 2007 August 21, ACS National Meeting, Boston MA

Career Management for Chemists in a Challenging Market

  • 2010 February 02, "Resume Preparation Tips for Scientists", Washington University Danforth Campus
  • 2009 October 28, "Basics of Behavioral Interviewing", Washington University Danforth Campus
  • 2009 September 22, "Career Services Available from the American Chemical Society", Washington University Danforth Campus

Younger Chemists Career Night

  • 2009 September 17, "My Career in Chemistry", Sigma-Aldrich

Successful best practices for Electronic Balloting Utilizing SurveyMonkey

  • LSAC/DAC ACS teleconference, 2008May 28


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