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

317 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Book

Lisa Balbes’s Summary

Balbes Consultants helps scientific companies communicate better. We provide technical writing and editing services, as well as custom workshops and related services. Our 20 years of experience for over 50 client companies allow us to help you create the appropriate content and delivery system for each project. Our clients include Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Sigma-Aldrich, US FDA, MEMC Electronic Materials, St Louis University, Stereotaxis, Tripos, and more.

An additional area of expertise is career management and development scientists. I am the author of "Nontraditional Careers for Chemists: New Formulas for Chemistry Careers" published by Oxford University Press in 2007.

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 (16 years 2 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 6 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 Groups:

American Chemical Society,
Society for Technical Communication,
Consultants and Independent Contractor's SIG,
Missouri House Rabbit Society,
Boy Scouts of America,
Author's Guild,
Friends of the Kirkwood Public Library, Embroiderer's Guild of America

•    Society for Technical Communication
•    LinkEds & writers
•    American Chemical Society
•    Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
•    Washington University Alumni Association
•    Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
•    Computational Chemists
•    Apple fans
•    Drug Design Consultants
•    Friends of Ted
•    BSA Wood Badge Alumni
•    Kirkwood High School Alumni
•    St. Louis Plant & Life Science Network
•    Peter Fiske - Put Your Science to WORK!

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

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