After Two PhDs, Researcher Discovers Industry

A renowned academic with two PhDs from Germany and the US has transitioned from academia to industry, citing a broader perspective on discovery and innovation. After a serious accident forced a pause, the researcher, who had worked at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, began exploring beyond academic boundaries. They discovered that industry has absorbed academia's lesson on embracing failure, producing high-quality research like AlphaFold. The researcher realized that academia and industry can learn from each other, and that failure should be dignified. With Brazil having one of the world's largest free public healthcare systems, the researcher believes in open science and collaboration. The transition is driven by a desire to merge academic values with industry's experimental culture, rather than choosing sides. This shift reflects a growing trend of collaboration between academia and industry, with significant implications for fields like AI, genomics, and computational biology, ultimately accelerating discovery and innovation.