Neuroscientist of the Mind, Coach at the Core | Purpose-driven mindset Coach | NLP Practitioner | Researcher & Lecturer | Founder of The Courage Quest | PhD in Cognitive & Behavioural Neuroscience

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." – Nora Roberts
This quote isn’t just on my wall—it’s in every brave step I’ve taken. From leaving home to pursue a life built on science, service, and soul work, it’s been my anchor through fear, growth, and becoming.

Who I am:
I’m Dr. Srinidhi Desikan—a Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscientist, Lab Manager, Lecturer, NLP Master practitioner, and Life & Mindset Coach. My path bridges many worlds: the rigour of academia, the depth of the human psyche, and the quiet (yet loud) transformations that happen when someone remembers who they are.

What I do:
- I manage the VU Behavioral Lab, where I’ve built systems and community across faculties to support research in human behavior.
- I guide students through their academic and personal journey of discovery.
- I coach individuals—often those navigating identity, fear, and transition—through a non-profit, pay-it-forward practice that centers on growth over transaction.
- I write, speak, teach, and listen. And I hold space for people, even (and especially) when they don’t know what they need yet.

How I do it:
With both precision and depth. I bring together neuroscience, psychology, NLP, and lived wisdom.
My approach is raw and reflective—I go beneath the surface, gently but directly. We get honest. We get clear. We shift from “Why me?” to “Why not me?”

Why I do it:
Because too many people live beneath their truth. Because I’ve been there. Because I’ve watched science transform systems and life—and seen presence transform people.
And because I believe that courage, when met with the right support, creates lives that feel like home.

✨ Curious to work with me—on research, coaching, or something in-between? Just send a message.

Dr. Srinidhi Desikan

Illumina

- Leading a cross-functional team of 10 direct reports: 8 Inside Sales Account Managers (account development & prospecting) and 2 Product Care Representatives (Service contracts & recurring revenue management)
- Covering Germany/ Austria/ Switzerland/ Baltics

- 2022 team target attainment ≈113%

Manager, Inside Sales, Central Europe (D-A-CH-Baltics)

NGS Technology Sales (Benchtop instruments and applications)
- Q4 2020 still covering service contract sales in addition to new account managment role
- 2021 target attainment ≈195%

Inside Sales Account Manager

Taking care of Service Contract and recurring revenue sales in Germany, Austria & Switzerland
- 2020 target attainment ≈120%

Inside Sales Representative

Backpacking

Culture and Study Travel

Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ)

Department: Public Relations

*Communication
*Content Managment 
*Social Media

Public Relations Assistant (short-term contract)

dkfz - German Cancer Research Center

Department: Molecular Oncology of Gastrointestinal Tumors

*T-Cell Tumor Immunity
*Immunotherapy
*Neoepitope Identification

PHD Student

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Department: Structural Biophysics

*Small and macromolecular NMR
*Hit To Lead Drug Discovery
*Biophysics
*Protein Crystallization

Master Student/ Post Graduate Researcher

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Lab: Prof. T. Stehle

* Protein chrystallography
* Protein purification

Student assistance

Boehringer Ingelheim

Department: Downstream Development; Protein Science

* Analysis of mAb - glycosylation patterns 
* Automation and scale down modeling

Intern

Lab: Dr. H. Kalbacher

* Activity Based Profiling of Proteases
* Solid phase peptide synthesis
* Peptide Mass Fingerprinting
* Protein Pulldown

Alpha Plan GmbH

Department: Research and Development, Quality control

* Development of single-use biotechnological devices
* Physical and chemical control of dialysers and plasmafilters
* Microbiological examinations

MTP Medical Technologies GmbH

Department: Research and Development, Quality control 

*  Delivery control of sterile medical products 
*  Microbiological monitoring

I am a trained researcher with an entrepreneurial mindset. Standing out with a highly motivated and ambitious personality, combined with a team-oriented and goal driven business mentality.

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The Battle

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