Toolkits: Building a strategy for a job search outside academia

Vanya Loroch specializes in rapid bio-education of all non-biologists working in life sciences. In the last 20 years, he has participated in a variety of educational projects driven by schools, universities or private initiatives. In the course of this work, he always focused on trying to understand what lies at the heart of effective science education and what bridges must be built between science and business. His students come from 200 companies and organizations and represent every possible function in the life science industry.

He is co-author of Biotechnology for Beginners, a textbook aimed at all new students of biotechnology ( Elsevier, 2017) and Professor at Business School Lausanne, Switzerland, where he teaches biology and biotechnology for sustainable business practices.

Vanya holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, USA and has carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Geneva.