Presenter: Alaina G. Levine

Alaina G. Levine is an award-winning professional speaker, STEM career coach, science writer, corporate comedian, TEDx speaker, speaking coach, and author of 2 books: Networking for Nerds (Wiley), which was named a Top 5 Book of 2015, and the forthcoming Create Your Unicorn Career!. She is the President of Quantum Success Solutions, and travels the world as a keynote speaker, sharing how scientists and engineers can craft customized, joyous, and authentic Unicorn Careers. Levine has delivered 900+ speeches, workshops, and webinars, and has spoken on 5 continents for clients in 15 nations. She is also a prolific science journalist and columnist, and her hundreds of articles have appeared in Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian. Previously, she wrote the “Your Unicorn Career” column for Science Magazine.   As a coach, she helps scientists create their Unicorn Careers and improve their public speaking skills to increase influence, impact, and fat stacks of funding; a recent project involved coaching teams of faculty at a university that were vying for $120M in grants from the NSF and NIH and providing itch coaching to students participating in a national NASA pitch competition.   Levine studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow, and holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and anthropology from the University of Arizona, where as a student, she was an award-winning billiards champion, representing the UA at national pool tournaments under her moniker, Lady Dyn-o-mite.