Website Design for Academics and Research Labs with Brittany Trinh

Brittany Trinh returns to The Social Academic featured interview series. We talk about how her thinking on websites for professors, scientists, and researchers has changed. And, about how life has changed now that she's back in grad school. Plus, hear about our Team VIP Day service for research lab websites.

https://theacademicdesigner.com/2025/website-design-for-academics-and-research-labs-with-brittany-trinh/

0:00 Meet Brittany

2:35 Online presence as a graduate student

11:29 Beyond Your Science, a podcast for grad students and early career scientists

13:17 How Brittany's thinking about academic websites has changed

20:04 Updating her personal website

22:19 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest returns in 2025

24:55 Research Lab and Research Group WebsitesBrittany Trinh is a Vietnamese-American website designer and chemist. She helps enterprising scientists, science communicators, and academic entrepreneurs create a website that integrates your creativity and expertise. Brittany knows when your website reflects the awesome things you do within and beyond STEM, it helps you forge your own path.She hosts the Beyond Your Science Podcast, where she talks about integrating science, entrepreneurship, and creativity within and beyond STEM, from her own experiences and interviews with other scientists and small-business owners. Listen to the Beyond Your Science Podcast.Brittany is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on synthesizing high-impact polymers in a more eco-friendly way and leveraging their tough mechanical properties into industrial applications. She received her BS in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology from the University of Houston.When she’s not in the lab, she’s probably playing piano or violin, watching slice-of-life anime, or cooking some kind of noodle. Connect with Brittany on LinkedIn.https://brittanytrinh.com/I’m Jennifer van Alstyne (@HigherEdPR). At The Academic Designer LLC, I help professors feel confident when showing up online. I work with faculty and researchers 1-on-1 to build you a strong online presence that shares your teaching, research, and leadership.Welcome to The Social Academic YouTube channel, an extension of my blog/podcast about managing your online presence in Higher Education.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

How to write a powerful conference speaker bio https://youtu.be/b8oTNAT2PBM?si=EVdoH0UBByKYGUgv

STEM Websites with Brittany Trinh (featured interview on The Social Academic in 2020) https://youtu.be/CD-49VqCEXc?si=45IQ4nQLFDHWiTt5

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