Katie Langin, PhD, is the associate editor for the Careers section of Science. Her professional roots are in academia, as she holds a Ph.D. in ecology and spent years as a grad student and postdoc, studying the ecology and evolution of birds. Her first taste of journalism was at National Geographic, where she joined the daily news team as an AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow—an experience that widened her view of possible career options in front of her. She served as a news intern at Science before joining the Careers news team as a staff reporter and editor in 2018. She’s based in Fort Collins, Colorado and enjoying a career that taps into her interests, values and goals. Katie Langin | Science | AAAS (sciencemag.org): https://www.sciencemag.org/author/katie-langin Personal website - https://www.katielangin.com/ Science Careers - https://www.sciencemag.org/careers To continue the conversation , please join our group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/macademiacast Please rate and review our podcast on the different podcast to support this effort. Episode music - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/macademia/message