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A Passion for Science: Leaping From Health Care to Aerospace
junio 15, 2016By Sue Casement/3M StorytellerChasing a Passion for Science
Raha Been was just finishing up required courses for her undergraduate degree in biology when she discovered one of her greatest passions: research. She says she wouldn’t have ever known how much she loved working in a lab, and may not have pursued a Ph.D., had she not taken a course called Directed Research. There, she was partnered with a mentor to conduct real-life cancer research.
Chasing a Passion for Science
Raha Been was just finishing up required courses for her undergraduate degree in biology when she discovered one of her greatest passions: research. She says she wouldn’t have ever known how much she loved working in a lab, and may not have pursued a Ph.D., had she not taken a course called Directed Research. There, she was partnered with a mentor to conduct real-life cancer research.
Chasing a Passion for Science
Raha Been was just finishing up required courses for her undergraduate degree in biology when she discovered one of her greatest passions: research. She says she wouldn’t have ever known how much she loved working in a lab, and may not have pursued a Ph.D., had she not taken a course called Directed Research. There, she was partnered with a mentor to conduct real-life cancer research.
Raha Been, New Product Marketing Supervisor, 3M Aerospace & Commercial Transportation
While finishing her Ph.D. in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences, she discovered 3M and launched her career in health care research with a focus on wound care. “What I love about working at 3M is that I get to work on real applications that impact people’s lives,” she says. “I could point to real products that I helped get on the market.”
While finishing her Ph.D. in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences, she discovered 3M and launched her career in health care research with a focus on wound care. “What I love about working at 3M is that I get to work on real applications that impact people’s lives,” she says. “I could point to real products that I helped get on the market.”
While finishing her Ph.D. in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences, she discovered 3M and launched her career in health care research with a focus on wound care. “What I love about working at 3M is that I get to work on real applications that impact people’s lives,” she says. “I could point to real products that I helped get on the market.”
“A Ph.D is a license to critically think and be a learner. It demonstrates to people that you are a person that can solve problems, you are a person that can find information, work on cross-functional teams and collaborate.”RAHA BEEN3M NEW PRODUCT MARKETING SUPERVISOR, AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATIONHEAR MORENow she’s using her critical thinking skills for a completely new venture. When an opportunity arose to work on new 3M adhesive technology for the aerospace industry, she made the leap. She offers this career advice to others: “Do your job well, put your best foot forward at all times, and doors will open up that you never imagined. You’ll end up in places and have opportunities that you never saw coming your way and have that chance to work in different areas.”
HEAR MORENow she’s using her critical thinking skills for a completely new venture. When an opportunity arose to work on new 3M adhesive technology for the aerospace industry, she made the leap. She offers this career advice to others: “Do your job well, put your best foot forward at all times, and doors will open up that you never imagined. You’ll end up in places and have opportunities that you never saw coming your way and have that chance to work in different areas.”
HEAR MORENow she’s using her critical thinking skills for a completely new venture. When an opportunity arose to work on new 3M adhesive technology for the aerospace industry, she made the leap. She offers this career advice to others: “Do your job well, put your best foot forward at all times, and doors will open up that you never imagined. You’ll end up in places and have opportunities that you never saw coming your way and have that chance to work in different areas.”
Raha mentors an aspiring young scientist
