Who We Are

Cheeky Scientist is an industry training platform for academic PhDs who are ready to become confident and successful industry professionals.

Our Purpose

Only 2% of Fortune 500 CEOs have PhDs (StatisticBrain Report). Our purpose and mission is to increase this number to 51%.
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Our Goals

1) Place 100,000 academics into industry positions.

2) Support all advanced degree programs in providing industry training to their students, members, and researchers.

3) Enact change that requires all government-funded principle investigators and academics to receive management and financial training.
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How Things Are Changing

Today, only 0.45% of PhDs will go on to be professors (Royal Society). That's only 1 in 222. The number of PhDs from all backgrounds who will be unemployed after graduation is above 60%. The number of Life Sciences PhDs who will be unemployed after graduation is above 80%. 

In the U.S., the national average for a postdoc salary is only $46,100 per year (PayScale), while the national average for a PhD employed in industry is $91,200 (Science Magazine, National Science Foundation). 
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What We Offer

The Cheeky Scientist Association

When you become a Cheeky Scientist Associate, you gain exclusive access to our private PhD-only job referral network of 4,000 industry professional. You also gain access to our complete PhD-level job search blueprint, which includes over 100 industry training videos as well as a lifetime pass to the 50+ live webinars we host each year, access to the complete Transition Plan and Industry Insider Series, and lifetime access to our private online support community. 

Enrollment for the Cheeky Scientist Association is only open 4 weeks a year. Click here to get notified when enrollment opens next: http://cheekyscientist.com/association

Visit us today: http://cheekyscientist.com/

Education

Life Sciences

Research

Cheeky Scientist

Isaiah Hankel

Ryan Metcalfe

Rayanne Hoopes

The Leadership Team at Cheeky Scientist is responsible for steering the strategic direction of the organization, ensuring the alignment of its mission to increase the number of PhDs in industry leadership roles. This team oversees the development and execution of initiatives to place academics into industry positions, support advanced degree programs, and advocate for mandatory management and financial training for government-funded academics. Key team members include the Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Industry Transitions, and the Founder and CEO.

Leadership Team

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Science and Business Integration