Malik Raynor is an微生物学和传染病（中）program alumnus who graduated in spring 2018 with a PhD. He’s always had an interest in figuring out how things work since he was a child. He would take apart toys with moving parts to see how each piece functioned only to find a number of circuit boards beneath the casing. His passion for science is an extension of discovering how aspects of the natural world function. Raynor chose the GSBS for his graduate career for some very specific aspects. He knew he did not want a teaching career, so he chose a program that did not have a teaching requirement. In addition, Raynor chose the GSBS because the graduate stipend not only allowed him a loan-free education but he knew that the stipend was a more than sufficient amount to comfortably live in Houston.

雷诺（Raynor）参加了美国微生物学会生物融合会议之后，选择了特蕾莎·科勒（Theresa Koehlerbeplay苹果手机能用吗）博士学位的实验室，并为他的研究培训而进行了研究培训，并记得Koehler被列为组织者之一。Koehler的研究beplay苹果手机能用吗炭疽杆菌是one of the main reasons he applied to the GSBS. He knew, after interviewing with her during his visitation weekend and subsequently completing his first rotation in her lab, that she would be a great mentor.

After graduation, Raynor began his job search with leveraged contacts from his professional career prior to graduate school. He also searched job sites such as LinkedIn and USAJobs, but in the end, his professional connections proved the most successful at securing his first position following graduate school. Currently, you can find Raynor at working as a senior scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. His team partners with researchers in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and other government entities to discover and develop novel small molecule antibiotics effective against Gram negative bacteria, specifically those on the World Health Organization's Priority Pathogen list. In his laboratory, they evaluate molecules for species coverage and potency against clinical bacterial isolates of varying antibiotic susceptibilities before other体外assays are performed to assess how well the molecules can function as drugs.

His advice to current graduate students would be to use time wisely. “Give some thought to what you want to pursue after graduate school, either a particular subject matter within or outside academia, and then make sure you're setting yourself up to be marketable in that area. If you're interested in forensics or bioinformatics, learn what skills are marketable in those fields and then try to incorporate a few of them into your dissertation research.”

是什么激发了您对科学的热情？
“我会说我一直有兴趣弄清“事情如何工作”，因为我还是个孩子。我只看到套管下方的许多电路板。我认为我对科学的热情是发现自然世界方面如何运作的延伸。”

您为什么选择研究生院进行研究教育？beplay苹果手机能用吗
“我在完成本科学位和开始研究生院之间工作了七年，所以我有一种非常实用的方法来选择研究生课程。我知道我不想参加教学职业，所以我选择了一个没有的课程对学员的教学要求。我选择了一项提供足以在不需贷款援助的津贴的计划。休斯顿是该国第四大城市，但仍然比其他类似规模的其他城市更实惠。研究生院也可以采购在各个计划领域的大量NIH资金，因此我将这一指标等同于能够在需要的情况下访问研究专家的能力。”beplay苹果手机能用吗

您是如何选择顾问的？
“从我以前的工作经验来看，我知道精选的特工/传染病是一个始终具有政府兴趣的研究领域，因此总会有工作。在研究生院之前，在环境保护局工作时，我参加了美国社会beplay苹果手机能用吗Microbiology Biodefense会议，并记得Koehler博士被列为组织者之一。Koehler博士的研究beplay苹果手机能用吗炭疽杆菌是one of the main reasons I applied to the Graduate School. After interviewing with her during my visitation weekend and subsequently completing my first rotation in her lab I knew she would be a great mentor for me."

您目前的职位是什么？
“您目前正在从事什么类型的研beplay苹果手机能用吗究/工作？（请用外行解释）目前，我在Walter Reed陆军研究所担任高级科学家。我的团队与学术界的研究人员合作，制药行业，制药行业，以及其他政府实体，发现和开发新型的针对革兰氏阴性细菌的小分子抗生素，特别是世界卫生组织优先病原体列表中的小分子。进行体外测定以评估分子充当药物的功能。”

您在当前职位上的道路/工作是什么？
“我知道我想从事学术界以外的职业，所以当我开始求职时，我在毕业前从职业生涯中利用联系人，我还搜索了工作网站，即LinkedIn和USAJOBS，但最终我的专业联系被证明是最重要的。成功地确保了研究生院毕业后的第一个职位。”

您最大的成功是什么？
“我对此没有真正的答案，我认为我所有的成功都是平等的。”

您最大的失败是什么？您是如何克服的？
"I would say my biggest regret versus my biggest failure would be that I didn't seize an opportunity to get in- depth, hands-on experience with bioinformatics while I was a graduate student. I didn't realize at the time how much of an invaluable skill it would become whether in or outside academia."

What advice would you give graduate students now?
"My advice would be to use your time wisely. Give some thought to what you want to pursue after graduate school, either a particular subject matter within or outside academia, and then make sure you're setting yourself up to be marketable in that area. If you're interested in forensics or bioinformatics, learn what skills are marketable in those fields and then try to incorporate a few of them into your dissertation research."

当您不工作时，您想做什么？
"Anyone that knows me personally knows that I'm in the gym too much."