#phdon't

[ambiguousscientist]

Advisors should

meet regularly with advisees

be clear and accurate about their availability

be clear and accurate about the advisees’ responsibilities

provide praise, constructive criticism, and advice on next steps

take charge on scheduling comprehensive/qualifying exams and thesis defenses

send advisees to conferences at least annually

help advisees network at conferences and otherwise

get advisees through this career step as quickly as possible

get advisees through this career step with as little trauma as possible

[ambiguousscientist]

No fractal to-do lists!

my partner, about my thesis writing to-do

[ambiguousscientist]

Thesis

Calling it quits for the night. 217 pages, 76/80 plots are in. I expect to write about 12-20 more pages of (doublespaced) text before this is over on Tuesday. I really should have started writing up more pieces sooner, but at least more than half of each science chapter existed as various drafts before this week of writing hell.

[ambiguousscientist]

I’m too stressed to work effectively. Which means I won’t get things done, and become more stressed. fml

FYI, I am defending my thesis the week of April 10, barring disaster. I apologize now for all of the things I will fail to do and the people I will ignore during this time.

[ambiguousscientist]

I just got a postdoc offer! More details when I finish negotiating and have an official offer letter, but I’m very excited!

[ambiguousscientist]

Leaving!!

It’s official- I have a postdoc position! I will be starting work collaborating with Dr. Kelvin Richards of the University of Hawaii at Manoa on June 1 2018. I will start in Boulder at NCAR with our collaborator Matt Long and move to Hawaii around the end of 2018 for about 2 years.

The project is looking at upper ocean physics and biogeochemistry (mixed layer depth and evolution, nutricline depth and evolution, instabilities, primary production) in models, and working to understand how these processes change with climate and how much resolution affects the results.

[ambiguousscientist]

Postdoc

I officially have my postdoc lined up! As of June 1st 2018 I will be the postdoc of Kelvin Richards of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I’ll be spending about 6months at NCAR in Boulder with Matt Long and some others learning about the models whose output the science will be based on, and then moving to Hawaii ~Dec 2018 for another year or two. We’ll be trying to quantify how model resolution and climate affect mesoscale and submesoscale activity which affect means and variability of the ocean’s near-surface physical, chemical, and biological properties.

In other words, if you ever wanted to ask when I’ll finish my PhD, the answer is now before June 2018.

[ambiguousscientist]

Editing

4 hours to edit 1.5 pages so far today. I spent pretty much all of yesterday rewriting just 6 pages. I clearly am not sufficiently experienced/trained/practiced at science writing, omg.