Lisa Balbes

Current

• Career Consultant and Workshop Presenter at American Chemical Society
• Owner at Balbes Consultants (Self-employed)

Past

• Research Associate at Research Triangle Institute

Education

• University of North Carolina
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Kirkwood High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Book

Lisa Balbes’s Summary

Balbes Consultants provides communication services for scientific organizations, including writing, editing, and custom workshops. We have over 17 years of experience in producing documentation, peer-reviewed and trade journal articles, and as a certified presenter.

Additional areas of expertise include career development for scientists, especially the use of new technologies (blogs, wikis, social networking, etc.) to enhance professional development.

Lisa Balbes’s Specialties:

scientific software documentation, medical device documentation, journal articles, technical writing, career development for scientists, technical editing, information architecture, scientific communication

Lisa Balbes’s Experience

• Career Consultant and Workshop Presenter

  American Chemical Society

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  October 1993 — Present (15 years 10 months)

  Conduct workshops on career development topics for scientists (finding jobs, writing resumes, interviewing, networking, starting a consulting business, etc.). Also individual career consulting (including resume review) to ACS members via phone, email, or in person.

• Owner

  Balbes Consultants (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Services industry)

  June 1992 — Present (17 years 2 months)

  Scientific writing and consulting, including documentation for scientific software, journal and technical articles, proposals, marketing communications, and web site content. Special expertise in computational chemistry, pharmaceutical discovery, and career development for chemists.
  Recent clients include Bausch and Lomb Surgical, Sigma-Aldrich, Crosslink, Divergence, Stereotaxis, and the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA).

• Research Associate

  Research Triangle Institute

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 1989 — April 1992 (2 years 9 months)

Lisa Balbes’s Education

• University of North Carolina

  PhD , chemistry , August 1985 — August 1989

• Washington University in St. Louis

  BA , chemistry, psychology , 1981 — 1985

  Activities and Societies:

  Psi Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Filmboard,

• Kirkwood High School

Additional Information

Lisa Balbes’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Book

Lisa Balbes’s Interests:

technical writing, documentation for scientific software and medical devices, eLearning, training, career development for scientists, nontraditional careers, needlework, tatting, house rabbits, boy scouts of america

Lisa Balbes’s Honors:

ChemLuminary "Best Local Section Career Program Award", 2004
Salute to Excellence Award, 16 November 2004
ChemLuminary, Outstanding Performance by Local Section Large Size Category, 2002
President's Award, St Louis Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, 2003
Service Award, St Louis Web Developer's Organization, 2002

Lisa Balbes’s Contact Settings

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