Lunch & Learn: Career-Building @ Carolina
Presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Lunch & Learn series offers a platform for Carolina researchers and research staff to discuss their contributions to advancing UNC-Chapel Hill’s research enterprise within North Carolina and beyond. Join us for lunch (virtually) while each session spotlights a specific area of focus and features a panel of Tar Heels.
CLE credit is available for all these events.
- Monday, October 21: Core Facilities
- Tuesday, October 22: Career-Building @ Carolina
- Thursday, October 24: Research Communications
- Friday, October 25: Data Management
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Career-Building @ Carolina
Tuesday, October 22nd
Presented by: Office of Research Development
From research staff to postdocs to principal investigators, we introduce you to Tar Heels who are growing their skills and portfolios at UNC-Chapel Hill. Learn how you can utilize the University’s development resources to advance your career.
Panelists
Moderator: Nathan Blouin, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development, Office of Research Development
Nathan leads a team of highly motivated research development specialists, enhancing UNC Chapel Hill’s ability to secure extra-mural grant funding from federal, state, and foundation sponsors. He works with multi- and interdisciplinary faculty teams pursing innovative research ideas at the frontiers of human scientific knowledge, bringing a tier-one research university to it’s highest levels of scholarship and investigation.
Ganga Bey, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Ganga Bey is an assistant professor of epidemiology within the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a fellow at the Carolina Population Center. Her career at UNC-Chapel Hill began in 2019 as a postdoctoral researcher through the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity. Her NIH-funded research focuses on identifying and intervening on the social causes of health outcome differences between marginalized and dominant status groups in the U.S.
Lindsey James, Assistant Professor of Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry; Director of Chemical Biology, the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Lindsey James is an assistant professor in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She is also the director of chemical biology within the Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, where she collaborates closely with Carolina faculty from various departments. She obtained a B.A. in chemistry from Colgate University and a PhD in organic chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy and joined the faculty at Carolina as a research assistant professor in 2013 and then as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2019.
Isaac Unah, Professor of Political Science
Isaac Unah is a professor of political science and has been a faculty member at Carolina for 29 years. He has served as program director for Law and Science at the National Science Foundation. At UNC-Chapel Hill, he is the former director of the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program and chair of the Special Talent Advisory Committee for Undergraduate Admissions. He is a recent winner of The Chapman Family Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a 2024 recipient of the Townsend Program for Education Research Fellowship.
Wei You, Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physical Sciences
Wei You is a professor in the Department of Chemistry within the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. He received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 2004. After two years of postdoctoral training at Stanford University, he joined Carolina’s chemistry department as an assistant professor in 2006, became full professor in 2017, and served as chair from 2020 to 2024. He has published over 200 papers in his 18 years of tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill and has served the research community in multiple ways.