Biotech Career Profiles

The biotechnology industry is constantly growing. During the past 10 years, the number of employees has increased by more than 90 percent! If you enjoy science, math, technology, investigating and solving problems, and making useful products, a career in biotechnology may be for you!

Colonel Debbie Birx, M.D.

Director
US Military HIV Research Program
Rockville, MD

Norman Borlaug, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Ctr
Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture, Texas A&M Univ.
President, Sasakawa Africa Association

Diana Brandner

Instructional Assistant II
Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI


Michael Bullock

Senior Research Associate
Novozymes Inc.
Franklinton, NC

 

Donald H. Dean, Ph.D.


Professor of Biochemistry
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

 

 

Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.

Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Sunny Jiang

University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute's Center
for Marine Biotechnology
Baltimore, MD

Ken Kreuzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC


Bruce Lahn

Professor of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Sir David Lane

Professor of Molecular Oncology
University of Dundee
Dundee, Scotland, UK

John McAlister

President
Tripos, Inc.

Dr. Karen Nelson

Assistant Investigator
The Institute for Genomic Research
Rockville, MD

Nelson Prieto, Ph.D.

Detergent/Textile Technical Service
Novozymes Inc.
Franklinton, NC

 

JosÉ Ribeiro, M.D., Ph.D.

Head Vector Biology Section
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD

Christophe H. Schilling, Ph.D.

President and Chief Scientific Officer
Genomatica, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Anne-Marie Stomp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Forestry
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Doris Taylor

Assistant Research Professor
Duke University Medical Hospital
Durham, NC

J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.

President and Chairman
Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives
Rockville, MD

Norman Wainwright, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

 

Florence Muringi Wambugu

Director
African Center of the International Service for the Acquisition
of Agri-Biotech Applications