The NaturalScience.Careers team: For scientists, by scientists
For our professional development and transferable skills workshops, we have assembled an experienced team of trainers with a science background across STEM disciplines, including chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, computer science and mathematics. Because we share the scientific background of our participants, our workshops address the realities of research and professional life.
Looking for trainers for PhD students, postdocs or other researchers?
Our team delivers interactive workshops on career development, science communication, leadership and self-management – online and in person.
Our trainers are based in Germany, the Netherlands and the USA. Since our founding, we have worked with universities, graduate schools and research institutions in Germany and around the world.
Dr. Karin Bodewits
Dr. Karin Bodewits is a Dutch biologist and biochemist. After studying biology in the Netherlands, she gained international industry experience at Puleva Biotech in Spain and Unilever in China, then completed a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Edinburgh.
In 2012, she co-founded NaturalScience.Careers, which provides workshops and talks for natural and life scientists. Her work has since taken her across Europe as a speaker, workshop leader, author, and expert in scientific careers and science communication. She has published widely on careers, communication, and professional development in outlets including Chemistry World, Nature Careers, and Science Careers, where she wrote the popular Career Fables series.
Alongside her work with scientists, Karin co-founded a Dutch environmental NGO that combines science communication with hands-on work in nature conservation and sustainability.
Explore Karin’s portfolio of workshops and talks on science communication, career development, and self-management.
k.bodewits@naturalscience.careers
Dr. Philipp Gramlich
Dr. Philipp Gramlich has studied and researched chemistry at five universities in Germany, Australia and Scotland. He gained industry experience, first at baseclick, a biotechnology start-up, and later at Eurofins Genomics as Team Leader, R&D, QC and Analytics, responsible for up to 22 staff. Since 2016, he has focused on his work as co-founder of NaturalScience.Careers. He specialises in workshops and talks on career development, science communication and leadership. Philipp writes a regular career column for Nachrichten aus der Chemie. He set up the NGO Stichting Turfvrij with Karin, where the two work to make a real-life impact through science communication.
Take a look at Philipp’s portfolio of workshops and lectures covering topics in science communication, career development, and leadership.
p.gramlich@naturalscience.careers
Prof. Dr. Max von Delius
Prof. Dr. Max von Delius is a W3 Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Ulm. He has been a highly successful group leader since 2013. He has received funding from the DFG’s Emmy-Noether programme and an ERC Starting Grant. His research interests include synthesising functional organic materials and investigating complex chemical networks. As a young professor (born in 1982), he is aware of the challenges young group leaders in the natural sciences face and addresses them in an interactive setting.
In the How to start your own lab workshop, Max shows aspiring group leaders how to build their own groups.
Dr. Lisa Steinhauser
Dr. Lisa Steinhauser brings extensive experience from four companies. She worked in pharmaceutical research, food analytics and the analytical instrument industry for multinational companies and SMEs. She held a variety of roles, from product manager and sales manager to team leader for nine colleagues in a pharma company. These experiences enrich her seminars and coaching on leadership and self-organisation.
Lisa studied chemistry at the University of Tübingen. During her PhD, she analysed natural products and spent three months as a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Lisa conducts workshops on career development, quality management, and women in leadership roles.
Dr. David Giltner
David Giltner, PhD, has spent more than twenty years developing cutting-edge photonics technologies into commercial products across optical communications, remote sensing, directed energy, and scientific instrumentation. In 2017, he founded TurningScience to train and support scientists of all disciplines seeking to enter the private sector as employees, collaborators, or entrepreneurs.
David is the author of the books Turning Science into Things People Need and It’s a Game, Not a Formula, and is an internationally recognised speaker and mentor on technology commercialisation, product development, and career design. He holds a BS and a PhD in physics and has seven patents in laser spectroscopy and optical communications.
David conducts workshops on careers in industry and start-ups.
Susanne Dranaz
Susanne Dranaz is German and Turkish. Born and raised in Munich, Germany, she studied German and English, history, mathematics and computer science. During her studies, she led several development projects in Central America carried out by volunteer university students. After writing her diploma thesis in Oviedo, Spain, she joined an IT company, where she led software development projects for several industries in Germany and the UK.
Her experience of working across organisational and national cultures sparked her interest in peopleware. She became a soft skills trainer, moderator, mediator, and coach. For the last 20 years, she has helped companies and teams, university students, and leaders refine their communication and conflict resolution skills, reflect on their own cultural imprints and attitudes, and work successfully across differences and distance.
Feel free to take a look at Susanne’s workshop portfolio.
Prof. Dr. Sven Hendrix
Prof. Dr. Sven Hendrix worked in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Hamamatsu (Japan) and Boston (USA) as a medical doctor and researcher. After his habilitation at the Charité in Berlin in 2007, he became a full professor of anatomy and cell biology at Hasselt University in Belgium in 2008. As Director of the Doctoral School for Health & Life Sciences, he supports more than 100 PhD students and postdocs and supervises the career development of tenure-track professors, among other tasks.
Sven conducts the workshop How to start your own lab.
Marloes ten Kate
Marloes ten Kate is a presentation coach and science communication expert. She has trained hundreds of international scientists to get their story across in an effective, clear and appealing way. Her specialisation is storytelling for scientists. She worked as a science journalist and presenter on several science radio and television programmes in the Netherlands. At Lecture, a lecture company for academics, she guided speakers in crafting oral presentations for lay audiences.
Marloes has a bachelor’s degree in biology and graduated cum laude in Science Communication from the University of Groningen.
Marloes conducts the workshop Self-presentation and networking.
Dr. Johannes Richers
Dr. Johannes Richers holds a doctorate in chemistry and a master’s degree in science marketing. He is a guest lecturer at TU Berlin and TU Munich, where he delivers talks and seminars on visual science communication. He supports leading scientists with his design work, for example, by designing journal covers.
Johannes conducts the Poster presentation workshop.
Erik den Boer
Erik den Boer studied biology at Wageningen University for four years. He then became a film and television director specialising in making films and television programmes, mostly about nature and science. For about a decade, he has trained scientists to present themselves and their research in various visual formats, such as short films or clips. His workshops range from short, concrete formats like “Create an engaging social media film with your phone” to complete filmmaking courses.
Erik’s workshop shows you how to turn your science into films for social media or your institute’s website.
Peter Kronenberg
Peter Kronenberg supports scientists of all stripes in their careers and self-development by equipping them with essential tools for growth inside and outside academia. He covers science communication, time- and career management, self-presentation, and networking in his workshops.
Peter studied Liberal Arts and Sciences before obtaining a business school degree. As a freelance speaker and diversity expert, he helps teams explore what drives diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organisations. He has also applied his online communication and marketing skills to support customers across sectors, including publishing, theatre, and art exhibitions.
Peter’s training formats focus on science communication via social media.
Dr. Emanuele Antico
Dr. Emanuele Antico worked as a research chemist in four European laboratories and served as a PhD representative in the Max Planck Society. During this period, he contributed to several initiatives focused on mental health and the general well-being of PhD students and postdocs. Moreover, during his studies at the University of Pisa, he advised other students facing personal and professional difficulties as a peer-to-peer tutor, a role for which he received training from professional psychologists at the university. He used this experience to develop in-depth knowledge of stress management and sleep, which also helped him navigate challenging periods during his own PhD.
Feel free to check out Emanuele’s workshop on stress management.
Which workshop and trainer are right for your researchers?
We will be happy to help you develop a training programme for PhD students, postdocs and other early-career researchers. Explore our workshops and talks or contact us to discuss the needs of your institution.