“We are not the entrepreneurial type.” I heard that more than once when I was young, from my parents. While their friends were starting businesses, they both kept their jobs until retirement, and they did well for themselves. Still, I always wondered what traits those were that they thought they lacked: courage, creativity, interpersonal skills,…

If you are anything like me, you have a deep passion for problem-solving, creating and building, teaching, or simply tinkering and asking how does this work? You think “Science is so much fun!” and before you know it, you find yourself in an academic research career. Congratulations! Over the long run, there will be challenges,…