About
The Erdős Institute is a multi-university collaboration focused on helping PhDs get jobs they love at every stage of their career. Founded in 2017, the Institute helps train and place a diverse pool of graduate students, postdocs, and graduate alumni.
Participants from sponsoring institutions have free access to all of the Career Exploration & Career Launch programming and resources that the Institute provides. Examples include the "Invitations to Industry" Career Exploration Seminars, Data Science Bootcamps, Alumni-Led Mini-Courses, Interview Prep Workshops, and Career Coaching.
Our Team
Alec Clott, PhD
Head of Data Science Boot Camp Projects
Sr. Principal, Quantitative Analytics and Data Science, Gartner
Amanda Perrin
Head of Industry Placement, Cofounder
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Carolynn Pickard
Career Development Advisor
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Emily Nothnagle
Program Manager, Career Exploration Seminars
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Janet Alder, PhD
Academic Lead, Biological & Life Sciences
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Postdoctoral Affairs, Assistant Dean for Graduate Academic & Student Affairs, Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Rutgers University
Jared Melendez
Career Development Advisor
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Karen Smith, PhD
Academic Lead, Mathematics
William Fulton Distinguished University Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
Kevin Tucker, PhD
Academic Advisor, Mathematics
Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Lindsay Warrenburg, PhD
Associate Director
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Matt Osborne, PhD
Senior Alumni Advisor, Curriculum Development
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Senior Operational Analyst, NetJets
Roman Holowinsky, PhD
Managing Director, Cofounder
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Associate Professor of Mathematics (on leave), The Ohio State University
Suzanne Kovacs
Career Development Advisor
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Amalya Lehmann, PhD
Head of Academic Memberships & Community
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Carmen Pomales
Executive Assistant
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Donnie Seidle
Career Development Advisor & Partnerships
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Ghanashyam Khanal, PhD
Quantum Computing Instructor
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Quantitative Analyst at Citibank
Janet Box-Steffensmeier, PhD
Senior Academic Advisor
Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University. President Emerita, American Political Science Assoc.
John Beacom, PhD
Academic Lead, Physics & Astronomy
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Director of CCAPP, The Ohio State University
Kevin Nowland, PhD
Senior Alumni Advisor,
Software Engineering for Data Science
ML Ops Engineer, Aware
Kristina Knowles, PhD
Head of UX Research Boot Camp Projects
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Marissa Renardy, PhD
Industry Lead, Pharmacometrics
Associate Director Quantitative Systems Pharmacology at GSK
Peter March, PhD
Senior Academic Advisor
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics; Executive Dean Emeritus, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Steven Gubkin, PhD
Head of Training & Assessment
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