Most Important Skills for an Associate Scientist at EMD Serono
For an Associate Scientist at EMD Serono, "being detail oriented" is paramount, requiring a deep understanding of "the fine details" of chemical reactions and their timing. This, coupled with excellent time management skills to meet deadlines and provide accurate timelines for collaborative projects, are key to success in the role.
Detail-Oriented, Time Management, Technical Skills, Problem-Solving, Chemical Reactions
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Matthew Bleich
Associate Scientist
EMD Serono
Hamilton College 2018
UCLA Anderson Full-Time MBA
Humanities, Chemistry, Philosophy
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
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1. Detail-oriented mindset: The ability to focus on the specifics of chemical reactions and understand the factors influencing their progression is crucial.
2. Time management skills: Effective time management is essential for ensuring that experiments and processes are completed within the necessary timeframe.
3. Technical understanding: A strong grasp of chemical reactions and processes is necessary for success in the role of an Associate Scientist. Understanding reaction kinetics and timing is key to providing accurate timelines and results to collaborators.
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What skills are most important for your job?
I would say there are a lot of skills that are important, but I think one of the most important is just being detail-oriented. You need to be someone who looks at problems and is able to understand.
When we talk about chemical reactions, we might just be writing things on the board, but in reality, you have to be thinking about it in your mind: "Why is this reaction moving forward? What are the fine details? Where are the electronics that are going to cause this reaction to occur?" So, having that technical, detail-oriented mindset is really important.
But there's also an element of just time management. If you don't understand the timing of reactions, if you aren't able to understand how long it takes you to do certain processes, you're going to struggle in the role.
That's largely because you'll have reactions that aren't finishing by the time you need them to. You won't be able to give accurate timelines when you have the molecule in hand to your biologists.
I would say those are two of the most important: you need to be detail-oriented, as well as have great time management.
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