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    Rita Olson graduated from UW in 2019 with a B.Sc. in microbiology. She now works as an Associate Scientist at Just Evotec Biologics in South Lake Union. She interned with the company during her undergraduate studies. Her current role involves meetings, documentation, and wet lab work to support manufacturing as the company onboards a new facility. She found the microbiology program prepared her with a solid foundation but did not explore industry options well. She recommends asking questions, making connections, and taking diverse classes to explore different career paths.

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    Rita Olson graduated from UW in 2019 with a B.Sc. in microbiology. She now works as an Associate Scientist at Just Evotec Biologics in South Lake Union. She interned with the company during her undergraduate studies. Her current role involves meetings, documentation, and wet lab work to support manufacturing as the company onboards a new facility. She found the microbiology program prepared her with a solid foundation but did not explore industry options well. She recommends asking questions, making connections, and taking diverse classes to explore different career paths.

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    Rita Olson graduated from UW in 2019 with a B.Sc. in microbiology. She now works as an Associate Scientist at Just Evotec Biologics in South Lake Union. She interned with the company during her undergraduate studies. Her current role involves meetings, documentation, and wet lab work to support manufacturing as the company onboards a new facility. She found the microbiology program prepared her with a solid foundation but did not explore industry options well. She recommends asking questions, making connections, and taking diverse classes to explore different career paths.

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    Alumni Interview w/

    Rita Olson
    Tell us about yourself
    I was the Vice President of the club
    during the 2018-2019 school year, and I
    graduated in 2019 with a B.Sc. in
    microbiology.

    What have you been doing since you


    graduated?
    I work as an Associate Scientist at Just
    Evotec Biologics, whose main office is in
    South Lake Union. In my free time I like
    to hike, bake, and fret over my
    houseplants.

    How did you end up at Just Evotec


    Biologics?
    I interned during the summer of 2019
    with the company, while also wrapping
    up my undergraduate research in Dr.
    Gerard Cangelosi’s lab (do not
    recommend doing a full time internship team in South Lake Union. It’s kind of
    with a part-time research chaotic right now, so I’m really learning
    position...unless you enjoy working 14 how to properly budget my time and
    hour days). There wasn’t much actual work “smarter not harder”.
    training required for the internship
    other than a solid understanding of
    How did/didn't the microbiology
    aseptic technique, basic chemistry, and a
    undergraduate program at UW
    willingness to drive your own project. prepare you for your current job?
    The program is great if you’re a self-
    What does an average day look like? starter and interested in doing research.
    We’re currently onboarding a brand new It gave me a really solid microbiology
    commercial facility out in Redmond foundation, and complemented my
    Ridge, so my job is a dynamic hodge- undergraduate research. All in all, the
    podge of meetings with various program gave me a cohesive educational
    departments, SOP generation and other environment that other programs at UW
    types of documentation, and wet lab lack and centered a lot of my
    activities to support our manufacturing professional experience in college.
    Admittedly, as most folks will say, the What are your plans for the future?
    program does a number on your GPA. Great question--jumping back into the
    But more than that, I think the program public health side of microbiology would
    is not very useful for folks who want to be awesome.
    explore industry. I got internships and
    my eventual position by watching what
    my friends in other programs--such as Any other thoughts you'd like to
    bioengineering and chemical
    share?
    While the major is quite specific, there is
    engineering--did. By following their
    so much you can do with it!
    advice, I got to access a completely
    different side of the life sciences career
    track.

    Do you have any advice for current


    microbiology majors?
    Ask all the dumb questions. Make
    friends. Try as many different classes as
    possible outside of the major

    Where Are They Now? is a Newsletter


    by the Microphiles at UW featuring
    a professionals who graduated with
    a undergraduate degree in
    microbiology from UW within the
    past couple of year. These are
    intended to highlight potential jobs,
    opportunities, or career paths
    current Microbiology Majors can
    pursue after they graduate.

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