[Ottawa Chapter] Panel event: Where can your degree take you?

The objective of this panel event is to discuss what's its like to pursue a graduate degree in the health sciences field and give attendees an idea of the career paths that open up for both MSc or PhD gradutes. Our four panelists will explore what made them chose their educational and professional trajectories, and how they leveraged their degrees to build their careers, along with any other related topics of interest to the attendees.

Speaker Bios: 

Matthew Hoekstra (PhD):

My name is Matthew Hoekstra and I graduate from Carleton University last year with a PhD in Biology with a specialization in biochemistry. I am an experienced scientist with extensive knowledge surrounding biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology. I have practical experience in assay development and application, method development and application and protein/enzyme purification and characterization. I have been published in various journals such as Analytical biochemistry, journal of biochemistry…