The Biological Sciences Graduate Programs (BISI) - BioGrad Pathways

Location: Virtual

The Biological Sciences Graduate Programs (BISI) - BioGrad Pathways has several exciting events coming up in April that may be of interest to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Event 1: BISI Alumni Career Chat - Research Careers in Federal Government

• Speaker: Dr. Noor D. White Carreiro, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH
• Date: April 7, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Time: 1 - 2 pm ET
• Venue: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/y6Ik4SWsRQODsY0qWZ9AOw 
• Brief Speaker Bio: Dr. White is a BISI alum who worked with Drs. Karen Carelton and Mike Braun during her time at UMD. She is currently a Staff Scientist in the Confocal Microscopy Unit at the National Eye Institute, NIH. She is a molecular biologist with extensive expertise in genetics, bioinformatics, confocal and electron microscopy including super resolution microscopy. 
• Learning objectives of the session: Learn more about the speaker's career journey post graduation, what a non-tenure research career looks like and get all your questions answered about getting employed in federal research labs.

Event 2: Employer Engagement with RadBio-Q, LLC

• Speaker: George O. Redmond, CEO, RadBio-Q, LLC
• Date: April 14, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Time: 1 - 2 pm ET
• Venue: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/iwyL7H--RXOJst34JOQrrA 
• Learning objectives of the session: Interact with the CEO of RadBio-Q and learn about the company and the job opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. 

Event 3: Employer Engagement with Singularity Quantum Inc. 

• Speaker: Blake Martin, Co-founder & CTO, Singularity Quantum Inc.
• Date: April 17, 2026 (Friday)
• Time: 11am - 12pm ET
• Venue: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/1xAl0lD3Tjesh0AZsjqQfQ 
• Learning objectives of the session: Meet the co-founder of a start-up and learn about starting your own company, job opportunities at start-ups, resumes and cover letters for start-ups.  

Event 4: BISI Alumni Career Chat - Research Careers in Federal Government

• Speaker: Dr. Carly Muletz Wolz, Microbiologist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Date: April 21, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Time: 1 - 2 pm ET
• Venue: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/id5IkkI9RUKz-oUHaYVMDA 
• Brief Speaker Bio: Dr. Muletz Wolz is a BISI alum who worked with Dr. Karen Lips during her time at UMD. She is currently a Microbiologist in the Complex Microbial Systems Group at National Institute of Standards and Technology. Prior to NIST, she worked as a molecular ecologist and pathogen scientist at the Centre for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Her research focuses on how to engineer microbes to serve a desired function. 
• Learning objectives of the session: Learn more about the speaker's career journey post graduation, what a non-tenure research career looks like and get all your questions answered about getting employed in federal research labs.

Event 5: Employer Engagement with Merck

• Speaker: Dr. Alan J. Goggins, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck
• Date: April 28, 2026 (Tuesday)
• Time: 2 - 3 pm ET
• Venue: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/gPT3BogoRTS4TxB-j30pNA   
• Learning objectives of the session: Interact with associates from big pharma: Merck and learn about industry postdoc, internship and job opportunities at Merck. 

Please register for the events you would like to participate by signing up here: https://forms.gle/krXnHCQCPrFVjqds8  or by scanning this QR code:

Additional details about the individual sessions will be provided to registered participants closer to the event date. Stay tuned for updates! 

For any access needs, accommodations, and questions, please contact tzpala@umd.edu.

Please note this event is being promoted as an additional resource and is not affliated with the University Career Center.

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