I have always wanted to do a PhD. During my undergraduate, I was taught by inspiring people who showed me the magic of research, and after skipping a Master’s degree due to financial reasons, Read More
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Once, during an intensive two-week field gig, I had a miscarriage. It was not a dramatic one, so no horror stories here. Just an ordinary ending of a pregnancy in its early stages, the kind Read More
Fieldwork is full of dichotomies. It can be exciting but exhausting, fun but frustrating, challenging and yet calming. And throwing iffy health into the mix can inflate emotions in the field even more. Life in Read More
This blog post belongs to the “Mental Health in Grad School” genre. Probably. Well, see what you think. Winter 2015… I broke out in hives. It was a confusing experience: I’ve never suffered from hives Read More
Last week, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a prominent U.S.-based professional organization and publisher of technical research banned Huawei-affiliated scientists from participating in its peer review process. However, the ban Read More
It shall be called “Bottom’s Dream” because it hath no bottom.– A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare Undertaking a PhD (and by default, preparing for a Viva) can feel sometimes like one of Read More
Hi Friends, This is quite a hard blog to write… but I started this blog as a release for any emotions and to help others; and I am sure that I am not alone in Read More
For as long as I can remember I’ve dreamed of being addressed as “doctor.” To be able to be reminded upon every introduction, every email signature, and every header, that I accomplished something tremendously Read More
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 intrigued Read More
Academia is first and foremost a teaching environment. Many people that pass through its fickle doors are earning higher degrees and those that mentor them must have a strong stomach. The supervisor-student relationship is a Read More
