Careers in Chemistry Workshop Session 1

1. Careers in Chemistry Workshop Session 1

2. Workshop Objectives Provide Perspective and Awareness on: • Careers in Industry • Effective Job Search • Value added Skills and • How to Develop them.

3. Workshop Roadmap Feb 11 Feb 25 Mar 11 Mar 25 • Careers in Chemistry….What should you Expect? • Job Search Process(Resume, Interviews) • Skill Session 1 • Skill Session 2

4. Careers in Chemistry….What should you Expect? • 15 min • 45 min • 20 min • 5 min • Gauging your Perspective • Three Career Examples • P&G • Dow • GE • Panel Discussion • Intro to the Next Session Today’s Content

5. Most Advanced Degrees Lead to Positions in Industry The Career Perspective of Most Students is based on University Experiences and Mentors Perspective

6. Influences on the Perspective of Students Individual’s Experience University Influence • Mission of the Department • Mission of the University • Location • Applied Sciences Departments • Advisors Connective-ness • Consortiums • Industrial Experience • Coops, Summer jobs • Research Topic • Parental Heritage • Personal Experience

7. Common Values • Intelligence • Ambition to Succeed • Scientific Creativity • Passion for Science • Selling your Ideas • Competition Science in Academia and Business Science For Commercial Value Science in the Public Interest

8. Science in Academia and Business Science For Commercial Value Science in the Public Interest Commercial Value Drives some Unique Skills/Values • Cross Functional Interfaces • Accountability…Safety, Financial, Timing • Intellectual Property • Business Skills • Communication to Non-Scientists Explore Further these Values/Skills Today

9. Education and Career Academics Undergrad Grad Student Post Doc Industry Perception Career Education

10. Education and Career Academics Undergrad Grad Student Post Doc Industry New Science Reality Skills Education Learning Patents Business Interpersonal Learning Accelerates and Diversifies

11. Education and Career Academics Undergrad Grad Student Post Doc Industry Reality Career Your Career Starts Earlier than You May Think… Need to be Career Minded Early Understanding the Goal Allows you to take Action

12. Corporate Culture Plays a Significant Role • Values are Similar between Companies, but • Corporate Culture and Market will Influence • Stated Corporate Objectives • Big vs Small • Market and Product Maturity • Global vs Domestic • Today we have 3 Different Perspectives/Cultures • DowAgro…Chemicals • P&G…Consumer Goods • GE……Materials

13. 3 Perspectives from Kevin, Katherine and Todd • Career Background • Transition to Industry Experience • Skills/Values of Their Business • What would have done differently

14. Kevin Meyer-Dow AgroSciences Senior Research Chemist Education Background Job Responsibilities • Synthesize molecules • Interact with Biologists • Write/Provide Tech support to Patents • Area Safety Focal Point • B.S. Chem, Truman State Univ., • Kirksville, MO (1994) • Ph.D. Organic, IU (1999) • Total Synthesis of (+)-Amphidinolide K • Professor David R. Williams What Kind of Chemistry? What do Other Chemists do? • Natural Product derivatization • Heterocyclic chemistry • new methodologies • Field Sample Preparation • (100+ gram scale) • Combinatorial chemistry • Prepare Field Samples • Radiolabeling • Biochemistry (assays/metabolic fate) • Formulation Chemists • Computational Chemists • Analytical Support • Environmental fate/purity determination

15. Kevin Meyer-Dow AgroSciences Senior Research Chemist Surprises I Found in my Transition to DAS • Chemistry Surprises • Cheaper to purchase reagents • Stereochemistry=$$ • Yield doesn’t matter (discovery) • Super-pure, super-dry reagents • not needed • Emphasis on Safety • Company is liable • Peer review for larger scales • Bioactive Chemistry!! • Professional responsibility Challenges I had to Overcome in My Transition to DAS • Meetings, meetings and, oh yeah, more meetings (time management) • Realize you are looked as an expert in your field/area of chemistry by • others

16. Kevin Meyer-Dow AgroSciences Senior Research Chemist What Skills or Values does DAS Value In a Professional Chemist A Skill I had to Learn • Being a Team Player • Looking out for #1 • Ability to work with others • Decision making abilities • Productivity • Able to see ‘The Big Picture’ • Self-motivated • Question dogma What Less Successful Chemists Generally Lack at DAS • Interpersonal Skills • Motivation • Unable to make good, timely • decisions

17. Kevin Meyer-Dow AgroSciences Senior Research Chemist Things I wish I had Understood about Careers while I was at IU • You don’t get promoted, you promote yourself through good work. • Leadership isn’t about dictating the work of others, it’s about influencing others • with your credibility • You are not just a chemist making molecules, you are a scientist in your field of • work. What I would have done Differently to be better Prepared • Time management—work on being organized. • Emphasize communication skills—(writing/presenting work). • Be more of a resource for the group to develop leadership skills.

18. Katherine Glasgow-GEAM Product Developer Education Background Career Path • BPA Process Chemist (2000-2001) • Lexan Process Chemist (2001-2002) • Lexan Product Developer (2002-) • B.S. Chem, UNC-Chapel Hill (1995) • Oxidative cleavage of DNA by TM complexes • Professor Holden Thorp • Ph.D. Inorganic, IUB (2000) • Organometallic synthesis, catalysis • Professor Malcolm Chisholm Chemistry I Currently Practice “Non Chemistry” Responsibilities • Polymer Chemistry • Stabilization (hydrolysis, etc.) • Biological interactions (proteins) • Application Development • Implementation of New Products • and Processes (scale-up) • Patent activities • Recruiting • Prioritizing work for others

19. Katherine Glasgow-GEAM Product Developer Surprises I Found in my Transition to GEAM • Scale increases the difficulty • Your work depends much more • on other peoples’ help • Problem solving is half anticipation • Office work can still be data-based Challenges I had to Overcome in My Transition to GEAM • Laws of Thermodynamics hold, but everything else is different! • To be successful, you have to convince other people to help you. • Influencing peers is an important skill.

20. Katherine Glasgow-GEAM Product Developer What Skills or Values does GEAM Value In a Professional Chemist A Skill I had to Learn • The right questions to ask • Communication • Analytical nature • Decisiveness • Creativity • Productivity What Less Successful Chemists Generally Lack at GEAM • Initiative • Confidence • Ability to work in a team

21. Katherine Glasgow-GEAM Product Developer Things I wish I had Understood about Careers while I was at IU • The things you learn along the way, not the thesis content, form the foundation • upon which your career and future research will be built. • Leadership shown outside the lab is also relevant in the interviewing process. • The most distinguishing feature of a graduate career is not just the number of • publications, but what creative and original ideas you bring to your group. What I would have done Differently to be better Prepared • I would have done more research on the companies with whom I • interviewed. • I would have talked to former group members to: • Better understand industrial chemistry & careers • Know what to look for (and what to avoid) in a job.

22. Todd A. Brugel – Senior Scientist, P&G Pharmaceuticals Education Background Career Path • Ph.D. Organic, Indiana (2000) • (Prof. David R. Williams) • Efforts towards the total synthesis of • Zoanthamine alkaloids • Post-Doc., CSU (2000-01) • (Prof. Lou S. Hegedus) • Chromium carbene photochemistry • for the synthesis of dioxocyclams • Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry • P&G Pharmaceuticals (2001-2003) • Senior Scientist, Medicinal Chem • P&G Pharmaceuticals (2003- ) Chemistry I Currently Practice “Non Chemistry” Responsibilities • Managing Others • New Project Development • Organize Departmental Seminar • Series • On-Campus Recruiting • Core Function Communication • Multi-Step Organic Synthesis • Heterocyclic Chemistry • Peptide Chemistry

23. Todd A. Brugel – Senior Scientist, P&G Pharmaceuticals Surprises I Found in my Transition to P&GP • Medicinal chemistry very different • from Natural Product chemistry • Intellectual property drives project • direction • Patents more important than • publications • Personal Conduct as important • as scientific output Challenges I had to Overcome in My Transition to P&GP • Turnover of final compounds, more important than efficiency of • individual steps • Balancing importance of maintaining corporate line with pursuit of • scientific achievement

24. Todd A. Brugel – Senior Scientist, P&G Pharmaceuticals A Skill I had to Learn What Skills or Values does P&G Value In a Professional Chemist • Principles of Pharmaceutical • Science • Biological Assays • Pharmacokinetics • Efficacy • Leadership • Diversity/Collaboration • Decisiveness • Innovation • Communication • Technical Mastery What Less Successful Chemists Generally Lack at P&G • Focus • Sense of Team • Ability to adapt to change

25. Todd A. Brugel – Senior Scientist, P&G Pharmaceuticals Things I wish I had Understood about Careers while I was at IU • Not enough to just be a good scientist, must embrace corporate values and • principles • You don’t have to be industry experienced to be an industry leader • Will be asked often to evaluate your peers – for performance evaluations as • well as recognitions What I would have done Differently to be better Prepared • Worked more with individuals in other areas (Analytical, Biology, Molecular • Modeling) to become more complete scientist • Balanced research with more community activities

26. Panel Discussion

27. Common Values/Skills for an Industrial Career Values Skills • Communication • Patents • Implications of Scale • Recruiting • Safety • Technical Mastery • Communication…Up, down, sideways • Interpersonal Ability • Team Work, Collaboration • Influencing Skills…Peers, Functions • Motivating Others • Decision Making…Self Confidence • Ability to Change • Self Motivated • Responsibility • Productive….Time Management • See the Big Picture…Vision • Prioritization/Planning

28. What Holds People back is Their Values more than Their Technical Skills Common Values/Skills for an Industrial Career Values Skills • Communication • Patents • Implications of Scale • Recruiting • Safety • Technical Mastery • Communication…Up, down, sideways • Interpersonal Ability • Team Work, Collaboration • Influencing Skills…Peers, Functions • Motivating Others • Decision Making…Self Confidence • Ability to Change • Self Motivated • Responsibility • Productive….Time Management • See the Big Picture…Vision • Prioritization/Planning/Focus

29. Few Key Take Away Concepts • Industry/Business Careers Require a Large Set • Of Values and Skills to be Successful • The Emphasis is Probably Different than your Experience • These Skills need to be developed early in your Career • Your Career has already started as a Graduate Student

30. Next Step • You are working on this Product called You • Technical Credentials • Professional Credentials • Next Step will be to talk about How you Sell this Product • Resume • Initial Interview • Site Interview

31. Workshop Roadmap Feb 11 Feb 25 Mar 11 Mar 25 • Careers in Chemistry….What should you Expect? • Job Search Process(Resume, Interviews) • Skill Session 1 • Skill Session 2