Chemistry Alum Returns to BU As Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs Director
Dr. Sarah Chobot Hokanson, who was a Chemistry major (CAS ’05) doing undergraduate research with Professor Sean Elliott, has returned to BU as Director of the newly launched Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs. Sarah and her new role are profiled in BU Today’s in-depth article “Helping Postdocs Take Charge of their Lives” (Sara Rimer). The article also details Sarah’s plans for assisting BU graduate students and postdoctoral fellows launch successful careers.
A highly trained scientist in her own right (PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, 2010, and NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell, 2010-2012), Sarah started her own non-traditional science career path at the British Consulate-General in Boston as a senior officer for the Science and Innovation Network). Now back at BU, her real-time views can be followed on her twitter account.