The past few months have been, well, predictable and unexciting. Transitioning from fieldwork — and a nine-to-five job — was, and still is, draining. Somehow, I am back to being a student in a university, living in Read More
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So, again, it’s been a while. Wasn’t it just January like two weeks ago? Why is it so sunny and hot? Time has flown since my last post. I’ve dived into my Read More
Dear academia, It’s been nearly two years since we parted. When we just met, I was so in love. I wanted to be with you, gather data and write papers for you. I wanted Read More
So… hear me out. I don’t mean that PhD life and research are the spawn of evil and researchers are like Death Eaters using their skills to destroy the world as we know it. Read More
I’m freeeee!! I had the viva part of my Early Stage Assessment yesterday and I’m relieved to say that I passed. I say relieved rather than any other adjective because that was the Read More
I was 20 years old and riding a train to either Versailles or Fontainebleau. At that time in my life, I was a devoted student of art history who waffled between going to graduate school for Read More
One of the things I’ve found challenging in graduate school is the sheer number of things I need to know, and also, how much to know about each thing. A lot of times I’Read More
Over the past few years, astronomy has jumped to the forefront of science in South Africa. With the development of the Square Kilometre Array and the continued success of the Southern African Large Telescope, our Read More
This past weekend, I attended a scientific conference. As usually happens at these events, I had an opportunity to catch up with long-term friends and to make new acquaintances. Often when I’m speaking with Read More
I have already hinted at it in a previous post and I have been tweeting a lot about it during the past couple of days: our paper “Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across Read More
