I recently had the opportunity to serve as a panelist at the Careers in Tech Transfer workshop hosted by Duke University Postdoctoral Services and Duke’s Career Center. Along with industry peers Elizabeth Denholm of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Office of Technology Transfer, Kelly Sivertson Parsons of the UNC Office of Technology Development, and Dennis Thomas of Duke’s Office of Licensing & Ventures, I answered questions about how graduate students and postdocs can break into careers in tech transfer and what types of qualities are sought after among job applicants.