Careers
Biochemistry faculty, Bowdoin’s Career Exploration and Development Office, the Office of Health Professions Advising, and the Center for Cocurricular Opportunities all assist students as they plan their future beyond Bowdoin. Here are some examples of biochemistry alumni careers:
Academia & Education
- Assistant Professor, Medicine (Yale University)
- Assistant Professor, Medicine & Associate Epidemiologist (Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School)
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology (University of North Carolina)
- Assistant Professor, Pediatric Oncology (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
- Associate Professor & Associate Chair of Biology (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Stony Brook University)
- Director of Courses, Conference, and Evaluation (MDI Biological Laboratory)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Denmark Laboratory (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Instructional Designer (Unity College)
- Instructor in Biology and Chemistry, Biology Chair & Science Division Head (Phillips Academy)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology (University of Cologne)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Synthetic Biology (University of Texas at Austin)
- Professor, Biochemistry and Pharmacology & Director of the Institute for Systems Genetics (NYU Langone Health)
- Professor, Epidemiology (Boston University School of Public Health)
- Professor, Forest Ecology and Management (University of Melbourne)
- Professor, Vision Science (University of Houston, College of Optometry)
- Teacher (Punahou School)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology (Bowdoin College)
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry (Radial Therapeutics)
- Associate Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry (Neurocrine Biosciences)
- Chairman & CEO (Iris Medicine, Inc.)
- Chief Technology and Manufacturing Officer (Invivyd Inc.)
- Development Scientist (Corning Life Sciences)
- Director, Business Development (Betta Pharmaceuticals)
- Executive Director (AstraZeneca)
- Laboratory Associate (GeneGoCell Inc.)
- National Sales Manager, Vaccines (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Principal Scientist (GRO Biosciences)
- Principal Scientist, Chemistry (MOMA Therapeutics)
- Senior Analyst (Prescient Healthcare Group)
- Senior Director, New Product Planning (Enanta Pharmaceuticals)
- Senior Director, U.S. Specialty Genetics (Quest Diagnostics)
- Vice President, Analysis Services (Olink Proteomics)
Healthcare & Medicine
- Advanced Health Failure and Transplant Cardiologist (Maine Medical Partners, MaineHealth Cardiology)
- Anesthesiologist (TeamHealth)
- Associate Dentist (Northern Maine Dental)
- Associate Medical Director, Emergency Department (Yale Medicine)
- Associate Veterinarian (Banfield Pet Hospital)
- Associate Veterinarian & Intern Director (Bulger Veterinary Hospital)
- Attending Anesthesiologist (Huntingdon Valley Anesthesia)
- Attending Physician (TeamHealth)
- Attending Physician, Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant & Instructor of Pediatrics (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
- Board Certified Pediatric Dentist (Columbia Pediatric Dentistry)
- Chair, Family Medicine & Core Faculty, ECHN FM Residency (Quinnipiac University, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine & ECHN Family Medicine Residency)
- Chairman, Anesthesiology (Hackensack University Medical Center)
- Chief of Service & Academic Chairman (Kaiser Permanente)
- Clinical Cardiologist (MaineHealth)
- Clinical Program Manager (Mount Sinai Hospital)
- Clinical Research Coordinator (Massachusetts General Hospital)
- Community Manager (Wellen, Inc.)
- Dentist (Self-Employed)
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician (Children's National Medical Center)
- Division Chief, Hospital Medicine (California Pacific Medical Center)
- Emergency Medicine Physician (Envision Physician Services/HCA)
- Emergency Physician & Residency Associate Program Director (TeamHealth, Abrazo Health)
- Family Physician (Elliot Hospital)
- Family Physician (Fish River Rural Health)
- Gastroenterologist & Physician Partner (Digestive Health Associates)
- Infectious Disease Physician (Lowell General Hospital)
- Medical Director (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center & Spectrum Health Systems)
- Medical Director (Lakefield Veterinary Group, Pantano Animal Clinic)
- Nurse Practitioner (Virginia Mason Franciscan Health)
- Optometrist (Advocate Aurora)
- Orthopedic Surgery Resident (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)
- Orthopedic Surgeon (Pines Health Services)
- Orthopedic Trauma Fellow (University Orthopedics, Inc.)
- Owner (Duxbury Dental Associates)
- Pathologist (Interior Health)
- Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologist (Tufts Medical School)
- Pediatric Anesthesiologist (Nemours Children's Hospital)
- Pediatric Resident (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
- Physician (Louisiana State University Health Shreveport)
- Physician (Scripps Clinic)
- Project Manager (Epic Systems)
- Resident Physician (Mount Sinai Hospital)
- Resident Physician PGY5 (Indiana University Health)
- Staff Physician (Dartmouth Hitchcock Health)
- Staff Radiologist (Beverly Radiology Associates)
- System Quality Director, Primary Care (Park Nicollet Health Services and HealthPartners)
- Urologist (Kaiser Permanente)
Research
- Graduate Student Research Assistant, Organic Chemistry (University of Michigan)
- Laboratory and Clinical Research Technician (Stanford School of Medicine)
- Research Assistant (Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Practice Evaluation Center)
- Research Assistant, Aquatic Methane Sensors (Woodwell Climate Research Center)
- Research Technician (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
- Research Technician (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard)
- Research Technician (Yale Medical School)
- Scientist II (Celsius Therapeutics)
- Senior Research Associate & EU Networks Manager (University of Cambridge)
- Senior Research Manager & Technical Writer, Malaria Elimination Initiative (UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences)
Other
- Analyst (Eminence Capital)
- Architectural Designer (Whipple Callender Architects)
- Claims Manager (Allegiant Insurance)
- Deputy Editor (EBSCO Information Services)
- Director, Data Services (One & All)
- Director, Policy and Partnerships (University of Washington, Urban Freight Lab)
- Managing Director (MacDougall Advisors)
- Managing Partner (Swanson River Capital Management)
- Marketing Content Manager & IP Business Development Advisor (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP)
- Patent Agent (Merchant Gould)
- Senior Consultant (Putnam Associates)
- Senior Software Engineer (Okta)
- Software Engineer (Onpoint Health Data)
- Vice President, Enterprise Data (Exact Sciences)