From one colony, infinite possibilities.
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For the first time, What Can You Be With a PhD? (WCUB) is releasing limited-edition merch—featuring a design created by a scientist who’s also an artist and educator.
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When choosing our 2025 merch artist, we wanted someone who’s been in the same trenches as our attendees—pipetting at 2 AM, debugging code that definitely worked yesterday, or juggling manuscripts and fellowship deadlines.
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The artwork is a visual reminder that from one starting point, countless paths can grow—just like the journeys of PhDs and postdocs exploring their next steps.
Our pop-up, print-on-demand shop features two t-shirt colors, poster prints, and stickers, available exclusively for WCUB 2025. Explore the collection below!
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If you have any questions or run into any issues with the shop, please contact team@whatcanyoubewithaphd.com.
About Our 2025 WCUB Artist:
Caroline HU, PhD
Caroline Hu is an artist and educator with a PhD in biology and a love for visual storytelling. After years of spending her days at the lab bench and nights at the drawing desk, Caroline now joyfully dual wields both art and science as an assistant biology professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her first graphic novel, a middle grade biography of Jacques Cousteau, is coming out this fall with Penguin Workshop.
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