A recent job application and interview caused me to reflect on my career and working life. As part of this I considered mentoring: my mentors and mentees, informal and formal mentoring including Thesis Mentoring, v Read More
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For a while, I have wanted to write about how my time away from school shaped me into the person/researcher I am now. A reflection on this past semester felt like a good opportunity Read More
This past December, I applied for a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (information on this and other fellowships can be found here). If received, this fellowship would fully fund my graduate education, Read More
This week I had a conference to go to in London. As a PhD student conferences are pretty common, but dealing with anxiety can make them less enjoyable than they should be, and more challenging Read More
There is something lurking in the background of many labs. Anxiety, stress, depression… many people, like me, working in science suffer from mental health issues. When you start talking about it, it’s amazing how Read More
Elsevier, one of the leading academic publishers, has signed a new open access deal with the Norwegian consortium of universities and research institutions. The €9 million (around US $10 million) pilot agreement will allow Norwegian researchers to Read More
It’s been nearly four months since submission. The early glow of handing the thesis in has worn off, as has the rush of getting my conference paper done. Beijing, with all its fun and Read More
So there you have it. 3 years, 9 months (which I believe is pretty much average.) I’m very conscious that it is far from over. Every day I fluctuate in terms of my expected examiner mark, Read More
Who knew that being on a huge stage talking about bird sperm could be so much fun?! Yesterday was the night of Forsker Grand Prix (Researcher Grand Prix), which I wrote about earlier. All summer Read More
This week I’ve been to Belgium, participating in the Ecology Across Borders conference [Well, actually it was last week, but I didn’t get to publish this blog before now, even though I wrote Read More
