Month: June 2020
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New book How to Land Your Dream Postdoc is now LIVE ✅ and FREE June 30 – July 3
My friends, I am super excited to announce that my new book “How to Land Your Dream Postdoc” is now LIVE! I am so happy that I was able to get this book done this month. I am done with its writing editing formatting interior design book cover edits submission final review How to Land…
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Sushant Singh Rajput was learning how to code on Khan Academy
Today I am stunned by the death of Sushant Singh Rajput and can only hope that if you need anything at all, you will feel free to reach out. Friends and family, we are all in this together whatever else this year holds in store. Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and…
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Focus on your strengths, not weaknesses
I realized recently that I am not very good at acknowledging my weaknesses. That makes it sound like I am not humble, and rather arrogant. Yet, I’d rather YOU focus on your strengths, not weaknesses. That is because everything I have accomplished so far would be very hard to do if I focused on my…
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How to write a research statement for a postdoc fellowship
In this post, I share the research statement I wrote to become a finalist in a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship competition called the Owen Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellowship at Berkeley Lab. At the time of the application, I did not have any main-author papers published yet but some in the pipeline. If you are wondering what do…
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4 ways to help you decide which graduate school to choose
If you got into multiple graduate schools and can’t decide which one to go to, congratulations, and also, I understand the stress. Here are 4 ways to help you decide which graduate school to choose out of the options you have. Listen to the audio to hear this discussion. Associated Blog post: https://howtophd.org/2020/06/4-ways-to-help-you-decide-which-graduate-school-to-choose.html Leave a…
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4 ways to help you decide which graduate school to choose
If you got into multiple graduate schools and can’t decide which one to go to, congratulations, and also, I understand the stress. Here are 4 ways to help you decide which graduate school to choose out of the options you have. Visit the school! Make sure to visit each school before you decide which graduate…
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And Then There Were None Approach of Graduating with a PhD
The “And Then There Were None” technique of graduating with a Ph.D. is to be deployed when you have the ultimate advisor problem. You need to graduate and your advisor is not letting you. Talking to your advisor is like banging your head against a wall, so don’t waste energy doing that. In fact, that…
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Support Black Lives Matter and promote relevant content
Support Black Lives Matter and be willing to dig deeper to understand what is really going on. Get uncomfortable and join the movement. That is all I have to say today, my friends. Support #BlackLivesMattter on Twitter and post useful information to educate people on what this hashtag really means and intends to do. The…
