Rebecca Boudreaux
Biotech CEO
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All Videos (23)
- What I Do
- From Scientist To Entrepreneur
- Great Part
- Why Girls Should Consider a Career in Science
- Why Chemistry
- When I Knew I Wanted To Be A Scientist
- Trucking In My Jimmy Choos
- What is a Polymer
- Making Biofuel
- Challenges
- Education
- Favorite Subjects
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Skills To Develop
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Urban Promise International
- Advice
- More Advice
Bio
Watch Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D., President of Oberon Fuels, share how she launched her biotech startup career after taking business courses while studying chemistry and polymer science in college. Her favorite part of science was doing experiments and making new molecules in chemistry lab, and she compares it to cooking in the kitchen. She started her first company with colleagues from her masters program, creating polymers to help cancer drugs become more effective. Her current company uses chemistry to convert methane and other gases into a cleaner burning fuel called DME.
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