A vacationing scientist.
“I wish those flowers were closer and then we could pick them and you could do the work.” –my daughter
Conferences need students: make them affordable
People go to conferences for a variety of reasons. Conferences are used to align future research priorities, and students and
Replacing the “academic pipeline” with the "subway"
There should be many origins and paths towards a career in STEM, so let's use a better metaphor.
Recommended reads #32
* When editors reject manuscripts without review, does this decision indicate manuscript quality? This study says “no.”
* “The best option of
Teaching Challenges: group projects
Science is a collaborative effort and in essence, more and more of our scientific effort is done in groups. We
Parental care and scientific careers: a fish metaphor
Dads typically do less parental care than the mom, at least in the US. This is a problem, especially for
Recommended reads #31
* Setting boundaries for summers when faculty are not paid.
* Whoa. A “peer review ring” was caught and sixty papers were
What happens in the canopy stays in the canopy.
For a few years, I’ve harbored a very cool (at least to me) natural history idea. But it’s
Respectful conversation at academic conferences
You’re probably familiar with this scene from academic conferences:
Person A and and Person B have been chatting for
Field courses: a blessing and a curse
Since I began my position at Uppsala, my summers begin frantically. Although my teaching load is relatively light, the majority