Carl M. Cohen

Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D. Carl is President of Science Management Associates and provides coaching, consultation and training in interpersonal, group and organizational skills to scientists and science executives in both the public and private sectors. Carl has more than 30 years of biomedical research and management expertise, including having been Chief Operating Officer of Biovest International focused on cancer immunotherapy and Vice President for Research and Development at Creative BioMolecules. Carl served as Chief of the Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Acting Chair of the Department of Biomedical Research at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston. During that same period he also held the positions of Professor of Medicine and Professor of Anatomy and Cellular Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine. Carl is co-author, with his wife Suzanne L. Cohen, Ed.D., of Lab Dynamics: Management and Leadership Skills for Scientists, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, third edition, 2018 and author of STEM Career Dynamics: A comprehensive Guide to Getting a Job in Science and Technology, Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2026. Carl has done training and on-site management consulting for universities, top ten pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology companies both in the US and internationally. He was the Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Workshop Leadership in Bioscience from 2011-2019.