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To explain the connection between travelling and science, I’d like to remind you that scientists are in fact real live human beings, not cyborgs who survive only off…
  • Guest Author
  • June 20, 2019
As per the tradition, scientists are often judged by the scientific publications they produce and the journals where they publish them. However, traditional journals…
The process of generating a research problem statement begins with asking the right question. But how can we formulate this question? As a passionate robotics researcher…
Anxiety ebbs and flows. One week you can feel super chilled, and the next, you suddenly start feeling on edge all of the time. This week, I am on the edge.
In winter 2015, I broke out in hives. When I went to the university health center, they asked me about any lifestyle changes that could have triggered my full-on…
If I could distil 4.5 years of a PhD into a 4.5 minute song, it would be a tune I half-heard one morning at the gym. I hadn’t heard it before, and I was sufficiently…
Being pregnant and having a cold at the same time made it very obvious how little attention I used to pay to my health during graduate school. Like me, I understand that…
  • Guest Author
  • May 29, 2019
Few academics realize how much of their time is claimed by writing and yet, they would rather do anything else other than write. If that sounds like you, here are some…
Acyl fluorides have recently gained much attention in transition-metal catalysis due to their stability and selective reactivity. However, their commercial production…
I often get the “I don’t know how you do it all” comment from people. And the truth is, I really don’t either. I am exhausted.