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 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

• Career Consultant and Workshop Presenter

  American Chemical Society

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

  October 1993 — Present (15 years 1 month)

  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 (16 years 5 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

•    HCI
•    (BIOPHARMER) Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Recruiters Network
•    American Chemical Society
•    Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
•    Computational Chemists
•    Drug Design Consultants

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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