Alaina G. Levine

The Hague, Tucson

Writer and Columnist at Freelance

International #KeynoteSpeaker. Writer. Career Coach. @tedx speaker. Comedian. Author of Books: #NetworkingforNerds & #YourUnicornCareer (forthcoming!)

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Land a Job in a Crisis

Mar 3, 2025 | eventbrite.com | Alaina G. Levine

Do you need a job? Were you recently laid off or fired? Did you recently lose your anchor client and need to add more clients to your roster? There is a crisis in the USA right now in the job market and it is about to get worse. In this webinar and Ask Me Anything, you will gain specific strategies and tactics that you can take today to navigate this uncertainty, cushion yourself, and emerge stronger- and more importantly, you'll learn tools to help you actually land a job.
Land a Job in a Career Crisis

Feb 25, 2025 | eventbrite.com | Alaina G. Levine

Do you need a job? Were you recently laid off or fired? Did you recently lose your anchor client and need to add more clients to your roster? There is a crisis in the USA right now in the job market and it is about to get worse. In this webinar and Ask Me Anything, you will gain specific strategies and tactics that you can take today to navigate this uncertainty, cushion yourself, and emerge stronger- and more importantly, you'll learn tools to help you actually land a job.
Building a global community: Q&A with Black In Neuro co-founder Clíona Kelly

Aug 2, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Alaina G. Levine |Calli McMurray |Olivia Gieger |Brady Huggett

Neuroscientist Clíona Kelly knows the power of community. She watched Black Birders Week take flight following a 2020 incident in which a Black birdwatcher was wrongly accused of threatening a woman in New York’s Central Park. Following that inspiration, she jumped in to help found Black In Neuro later that summer, when Angeline Dukes, assistant professor of neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, first proposed its creation.
Mahmoud Bukar Maina

Jul 25, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Mahmoud Bukar Maina |Alaina G. Levine |Brady Huggett |Chloe Williams

Mahmoud Bukar Maina holds dual roles as junior group leader at the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre at Yobe State University in Nigeria and in the neuroscience department at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. His team’s research focuses on generating induced pluripotent stem cells from Indigenous African people for open-access biobanking and investigating the molecular mechanisms of tauopathies in the context of African genetic backgrounds.
Convert Your CV Into a Resume for Industry Roles

Jul 21, 2024 | allevents.in | Alaina G. Levine

About this EventYou may already have your curriculum vita with all your publications, experience, and roles, but now you're considering applying for jobs in industry— what do you do now? How do you convert this record of your achievements into a fabulous marketing document that gets you job interviews? In this webinar, professional speaker and STEM career coach Alaina G.
Networking for ChE Nerds

Jul 17, 2024 | aiche.org | Alaina G. Levine

Networking isn't just about connecting—it's about fostering relationships built on mutual benefit and shared value. Join Alaina G. Levine, an esteemed speaker and author of the award-winning book Networking for Nerds, as she reveals practical strategies and tactics to improve your networking skills and utilize your AIChE membership effectively for impactful networking. In this webinar, you'll learn essential techniques to identify and approach potential collaborators effectively.
The Transmitter Launch: Q&A with Kaitlyn Casimo

Jun 6, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Alaina G. Levine |Linda Nordling |George Musser

Kaitlyn Casimo loves her job. Every day is different, she says, and she draws on her varied background to tackle her work as education and engagement manager at the Allen Institute. Armed with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, certificates in computational neuroscience and neural engineering, an M.Ed. in instructional design and experience directing plays, Casimo oversees a team of six people to organize dozens of outreach events and activities at the institute each year.
Using Physics to Design the Stages of Broadway and Cirque du Soleil

Jan 10, 2024 | aps.org | Alaina G. Levine

Breisch has helped create structures for Broadway productions, like custom stages, overhead architectural pieces, and the building renovations needed to accommodate them. He’s worked on projects for live events like high-profile concert tours, fashion shows, Disney and Universal theme park attractions, and Cirque du Soleil shows. Once Breisch and his colleagues understand a client’s vision, they can bring it to life with engineering, physics, and art, while reducing risks for everyone involved.
Grace Lindsay

Nov 7, 2023 | thetransmitter.org | Grace Lindsay |Calli McMurray |Alaina G. Levine

Grace Lindsay is assistant professor of psychology and data science at New York University in New York City. Her lab studies the brain by using artificial neural networks as models of biological information processing. She also works separately on applications of machine learning to climate change problems. Lindsay is also the author of “Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain,” published in 2021.
Joshua R. Sanes

Nov 6, 2023 | thetransmitter.org | Joshua R. Sanes |Alaina G. Levine |Brady Huggett |Chloe Williams

Joshua Sanes is professor of molecular and cellular biology and founding director of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University. He and his colleagues study the formation of synapses. They have also pioneered new ways to mark and manipulate neurons and the synapses they form. For the past 20 years, Sanes and his team have focused on the retina, in which specific patterns of connections form the complex circuits that underlie the initial steps in visual perception.