Dr. Liz Zijing Li shares her journey from academic research at Cambridge to founding Mimicrete, a startup transforming concrete with self-healing technology. She reflects on sustainability, leadership, and innovation in infrastructure.
Eleanor Atkinson, a Senior Analyst at Costello Medical, shares how her academic skills and experiences helped her to transition into a meaningful career in medical consulting. Read more
Veronika Suhaj is 33 and currently works for Salesforce, a CRM technology company as a pre-sales Technical Architect. She started her career after graduating from University of Cambridge with a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and has worked for several IT consultancies such as PwC, PolSource or Persistent Systems until her career and network led her to Salesforce. Read more
Matthew Brady completed a PhD in Earth Sciences at Cambridge before moving to carbon credit ratings agency BeZero Carbon. There, he specialises in assessing the carbon integrity of Nature-based Solutions, helping organisations to make better climate decisions. Matthew discusses his time at Earth Sciences, and how it helped him with the move from academia into a start-up environment. Read more
Alex Häuser discusses his role as a Sustainable Development Goals Intern with the United Nations, where he combines environmental science with policymaking. He highlights the need to bring more scientific research directly into global governance and shares advice on UN jobs. Read more