JJ Apodaca - Conservation Geneticist - Tangled Bank Conservation
[PODCAST] Diverse Routes: Career Journeys in Science & Medicine (Episode 15)
Dr. JJ Apodaca is a conservation geneticist and founder of Tangled Bank Conservation serving to protect threatened and endangered species across the world. As a leader in amphibian and reptile conservation for over a decade, he is also the current Executive Director for the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy. He’s brought in millions of dollars of conservation funding and has worked with some of the biggest names in conservation, including San Diego Zoo, The Nature Conservancy, and the World Wildlife Fund.
Episode Highlights:
Deciding whether or not to get a Master's before a PhD
How to get conservation agencies to listen to you as an academic researcher
How to make the unheard of leap out of academia and into your own business
Resources (from our guest): Recommended books (in no particular order)
Letters to a Young Scientist- EO Wilson
The Charisma Myth - Olivia Fox Cabane
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
Warrior of the Light- Paulo Coelho
The 80/20 Principle- Richard Koch
Think Again- Adam Grant
Atomic Habits- James Clear
Made to Stick- Chip and Dan Heath
Effortless- Greg McKeown
Thinking Fast and Slow- Daniel Kahneman
Who Moved My Cheese- Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard
Grit- Angela Duckworth
Man’s Search for Meaning- Viktor Frankl
The War of Art- Steven Pressfield
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing - Daniel Pink
Hit Makers- Derek Thompson
The Art of Learning- Josh Waitzkin
The Talent Code- Daniel Coyle
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