Cynthia Fuhrmann-Kelch, Ph.D.
Dr. Cynthia Fuhrmann-Kelch, is the Program Director for Academic Career Development within the Office of Career and Professional Development at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Fuhrmann leads the development of programs, services, and resources designed to build awareness of academic career options available to students and scholars in the health and life sciences, and to help these populations build skills necessary for success in their chosen academic career paths. In particular, she directs UCSF’s Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program (which she founded in 2004), co-directs and teaches courses in teaching and learning for UCSF’s teaching assistants, and develops other professional development workshops.
Dr. Fuhrmann received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCSF in 2005, and her Bachelors degree in Chemistry from UC Davis in 1997. As a graduate student in David Agard’s laboratory, she studied mechanisms for serine protease catalysis and for protein stability using ultra-high resolution x-ray crystallography. She has teaching experience at the graduate, undergraduate, and K-12 levels, including as a postdoctoral fellow in science education at San Francisco State University. Her current scholarly interest is in career decision-making by graduate students and postdocs in the life sciences.
Seminar Presentations
- Tips for Formatting Your CV or Resume in Microsoft Word
- Documenting Your Teaching: Creating a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Search
- How to Design and Deliver a Dynamic Research Talk
- Achieving Your Goals: Goal Setting Strategies for Scientific and Career Success [Interactive session]
- Career Decisions: How to Select a Career Path That's Best For Your [Interactive session]