Careers: Biology & Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Mia Dierenger

Mechanical Engineering Student at USF

While not an official part of my job (biomedical engineering), if documents are in Chinese, I am able to translate it easier and more closely understand the true meaning (especially compared to Google translate). 

Cellular Biology

Rob Rodriguez

PhD Candidate Molecular Biology, University of Chicago

I continued my Chinese language studies through to the completion of a bachelors degree. I also spent a significant time living in China for studies. Once I finished my undergraduate career, my language skills helped refine and make my applications stand out while applying to PhD programs (in Cellular Biology). Having experience in Chinese has been incredibly important in my marketability and communicative skills as a whole. 

I still use Chinese on a near daily basis, both to communicate with friends back in China, but also for work purposes. Although I work in science now, my use of Chinese with some of my coworkers has not only expanded our relationships with one another, but has also improved efficiency as a language barrier has been reduced significantly.