{"id":112,"date":"2017-06-28T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2017-06-28T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:58:00","slug":"seeking-our-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/2017\/06\/28\/seeking-our-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking our Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Infoseeking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a>, you know that we&#8217;ve recently been checking in with some of our distinguished alumni.<\/p>\n<p>Oftentimes, folks expect doctoral students to enter traditionally academic jobs. While many of our alumni do experience great success as university professors, others utilize their degrees on alternative paths.<\/p>\n<p>Recently graduated Ph.D. Long Le, for example, is a machine engineer at Capital One. He spends his time researching practical problems in the finance industry.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.\u00a0Chathra Hendahewa is also experiencing a great deal of success\u00a0as a Data Engineer\/Data Scientist at a FinTech start-up in NYC, named &#8220;Detectica.&#8221; In fact,\u00a0her team was selected as a recipient of the competitive NY FinTech Innovation Lab 2017 program.<\/p>\n<p>Our Ph.D.s aren&#8217;t the only former InfoSeekers to make a difference in the world post-graduation. Kevin Albertson, who recently graduated with his Master&#8217;s Degree,\u00a0currently works as a software engineer for ALK Technologies, soon to be MongoDB.<\/p>\n<p>With the dawning of a new school year that will usher in new student faces and see other lab members successfully complete their programs, it&#8217;s important to remember the range of careers that <a href=\"https:\/\/comminfo.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rutgers SC&amp;I<\/a>\u00a0graduate students can choose from. Will you soon join the ranks of these fine folks?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-113\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/party-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/party-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/party-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/party-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/party.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our Facebook page, you know that we&#8217;ve recently been checking in with some of our distinguished alumni. Oftentimes, folks expect doctoral students to enter traditionally academic jobs. While many of our alumni do experience great success as university professors, others utilize their degrees on alternative paths. Recently graduated Ph.D. Long Le, for example, is a machine engineer at Capital One. He spends his time researching practical problems in the finance industry. Dr.\u00a0Chathra Hendahewa is also experiencing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/2017\/06\/28\/seeking-our-alumni\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[19,26,3],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}