Providing Scientific Communication Services since 1992
Greater St. Louis Area
- Current
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- Career Consultant and Workshop Presenter at American Chemical Society
- Owner at Balbes Consultants (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Research Associate at Research Triangle Institute
- Education
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- University of North Carolina
- Washington University in St. Louis
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Lisa Balbes’s Summary
Balbes Consultants provides technical writing, editing, and information architecture services for technical companies. We have over 15 years of experience in producing documentation, peer-reviewed and trade journal articles, and more.
We also offer custom workshops on technical writing topics.
Additional expertise includes career development for scientists, and especially the use of new technologies (blogs, wikis, social networking, etc.) to increase efficiency and enhance professional development. Custom workshops and individual career consulting are available.
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
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Career Consultant and Workshop Presenter
American Chemical Society
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 1993 — Present (14 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.
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Owner
Balbes Consultants (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Services industry)
June 1992 — Present (16 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
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University of North Carolina
PhD, chemistry, August 1985 — August 1989
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Washington University in St. Louis
BA, chemistry, psychology, 1981 — 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Psi Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Filmboard,
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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
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(BIOPHARMER) Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Recruiters Network member -
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Computational Chemists member
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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