Lunch & Learn Career Panel from PhDs to Entrepreneurs

Join us for the virtual career panel, featuring panelists from software, hardware, and bio/med tech startups. Learn how they transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship and gain valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of startup careers. 

Join us for the virtual career panel, featuring panelists from software, hardware, and bio/med tech startups. Learn how they transitioned from academia to entrepreneurship and gain valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of startup careers.

 The session includes a moderated discussion, breakout group conversations with each panelist, and closing advice. 

This panel is co-sponsored by GT Commercialization and SGA. 

Participating Panelists:

  • Allyson McKinney, PhD CEO and co-founder of SoloPulse MS ’19 and PhD’24 in Electrical Engineering 
  • Kasie Collins, PhD Co-Founder & CEO, OZ-Link Technologies
  •  Rishi Gurnani, PhD Director of Software Engineering & Algorithms at Matmerize PhD Alumnus in Materials Science and Engineering