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The Student Blog NatPhil – A Memoir of MentoringRead more
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The Student Blog Meet Chintan Parmar: The Physics & Astronomy Category Recipient of the PLOS ONE Early Career Travel AwardRead more
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The Student Blog A Summer Science Reading ListRead more
I recognize that for many readers of this blog the concept of “summer vacation” no longer exists. Although graduate students are still…
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The Student Blog The Best Advice I Ever HeardRead more
Brief reflections on lessons learned from encounters with outstanding scientists in graduate school Now approaching the terminus of my time in graduate…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock (no judgment, by the way), I’m sure you’ve heard about the reproducibility crisis in scientific…
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The Student Blog The PLOS ONE Early Career Researcher Travel Awards in the Physical SciencesRead more
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The Student Blog To Write or Not To Write? Pros and cons of blogging as an ECRRead more
If you’re reading our blog regularly, we imagine it’s likely that you’ve toyed with the idea of submitting a post yourself. But…