Being the CEO of Your Career

OPN talked with Jie Qiao about the importance of women in science taking an entrepreneurial approach to advancing their careers.

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Jie Qiao is an associate professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y., USA, and the founder and president of WiSTEE Connect (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Entrepreneurship)—a group she started in 2012 while working as a laser scientist for the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester. OPN caught up with her to learn more about the project and her vision for its future.

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