Alaina G. Levine is an award-winning professional speaker, career coach, speaking coach, TEDx speaker, science writer and corporate comedian. She is the author of two books, Networking for Nerds (Wiley, 2015), which beat out Einstein (really!) for the honor of being named a Top 5 Book by Physics Today, and Create Your Unicorn Career! (forthcoming). As President of Quantum Success Solutions, LLC, she is a prolific speaker and writer on career development and professional advancement for scientists, engineers, and communicators. She has delivered ~1000 speeches, workshops and webinars for clients in the US, EU, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Asia, and South America (including over 100 engagements in 2020), and has written close to 500 articles in publications like Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian. Most recently, she wrote “Your Unicorn Career”, a careers column for Science Magazine (#1 scientific journal in the world). As a career coach and consultant, she helps clients in diverse professions create their own Unicorn Career, and as a speaking coach, Levine guides leaders to hone their speaking abilities and build a sustainable revenue stream as a professional speaker. She holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and anthropology from the University of Arizona, and studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow.
