Excellent career boost of the EACH graduates of 2022
During the summer of 2022, the 6th edition of EACH students successfully graduated from the programme. By now, most of them have managed to secure a new position – 15 out of the 16 graduates from the intake 2020 have already started a new chapter in their career!
This time, the majority of the graduates – 12 – continue their careers in academia as PhD students. Three of the graduates have secured a job – as an R&D engineer in a world-leading passive electronic component company (Taiwan), as an associate scientist at DSM (Switzerland), and as an analytical scientist at Randstad (Sweden). The acquired PhD positions range from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (Germany) to Karolinska Institute (Sweden), University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to University of Tartu (Estonia), and University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University.
Here is what some of our recent graduates have to say about the EACH programme:
Lukas Ramašauskas (UU study-track) currently working as an associate scientist at DSM, Switzerland:
“The last two years were like a roller coaster for me. Changing the field from biotechnology to analytical chemistry was rather challenging and successful at the same time. During these two years, I obtained two master’s degrees in analytical chemistry at Uppsala University and the University of Tartu with a help of an international programme called Excellence in Analytical Chemistry. In addition, I completed two internships mainly working with LC-MS/MS at Q-linea and RECIPHARM OT CHEMISTRY AB in Sweden, wrote the master thesis titled “Analytical method and formulation development for Gram-negative antibiotics intended for antimicrobial susceptibility discs” and changed the living place TWO TIMES. The people I met, and the struggles I faced made me rethink my values and future goals, taught me how to adapt and be more versatile and open-minded. It was a very fruitful period of my life!!!
However, my journey does not end here. In July I am joining DSM in Basel Switzerland as an Associate Scientist. Couldn’t be more excited and thankful to DSM and the bioanalytical team for this great opportunity. Here are some memories from this journey.”
Viktoriia Turkina (UCBL study-track), currently a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands:
During these two years I have broaden my world perception enormously, met people across the whole world, shared happiness and difficulties together, found bright or subtle differences and similarities in our cultures.
In the University of Tartu I explored the world of analytical chemistry, theoretically and experimentally filling the gaps in my knowledge in that field. The quality of the courses meet very high standards, where all student questions are patiently and thoroughly explained. Also, the ambiance of the city is incredibly welcoming for international students. The UCBL program covers several interdisciplinary subjects that give even a bigger picture of the analytical chemistry application and a look at it from a different angle. We also got a precious chance to collaborate with industrial partners during our internship.
Along the whole journey besides meeting good friends I was introduced to brilliant people, experts in their fields, who inspired me to continue my career path with a PhD. I am looking forward to the following 4 year journey at the University of Amsterdam.
Graduates from ÅAU study-track: Angelo Robiños (PhD at Åbo Akademi University, Finland), Bojidar Mandjukov (PhD at University of Tartu, Estonia), John Paulo Samin (PhD at University of Tartu, Estonia), Majid Al-Waeel (PhD at University of Turku, Finland), Naela Delmo (PhD at University of Turku, Finland), and Raegan Chambers (PhD at University of Tartu, Estonia):
We can really tell that everyone involved in the program genuinely cared for us and wanted us to be successful. Feedback was always asked to continuously improve the quality of teaching. The study program was also very well-structured: our first year at the University of Tartu (UT), Estonia was spent strengthening our core competencies in analytical chemistry while our second year at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finland focused on our specialization, which is electrochemistry and sensors. In addition, we had a summer internship that provided us with valuable working experience in a real-world setting. Collectively, we agree that the EACH experience is definitely one of the best decisions we have ever made in our lives, both in a personal and professional sense. With EACH, we came out more mature, resolute, and competent. One indication of this is the fact that all six of us in the ÅAU-track were successful in securing PhD positions at various universities months before our graduation! This is something that we really take pride in, and we will always be grateful to EACH for making it possible.
We wish all the best to our recent graduates in their new careers!