Coffee Chat with Zaid Temrikar, MS, PhD
Friday, December 5
10:00AM–11:00AM
Light Hall 415
Curious about careers in industry drug development? Join us for a casual, round-table coffee chat with:
Zaid Temrikar, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaidtemrikar/)
Associate Director, Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology
EMD Serono (Merck KGaA)
Dr. Temrikar has built his career across several major biopharma companies, including Gilead, AstraZeneca, AbbVie, and Boehringer Ingelheim, working on oncology biologics, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), and translational pharmacology. His role integrates science, clinical collaboration, data interpretation, and decision-making across drug programs — and he does it fully remotely.
This informal conversation is a chance to learn about:
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What Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology (QCP) is and why it matters in drug development
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How remote scientific/clinical roles in industry work (and which types of jobs offer this)
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How PhD training translates into strategy-facing roles beyond the bench
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Working with CROs and cross-functional clinical teams
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Career paths into industry across diverse scientific backgrounds
No slides, no seminar-style talk — just coffee & conversation.