#phdlife — Public Fediverse posts

I really appreciate the ritual of everyone in a lab group presenting their work to each other on a regular basis.

Presentation and communication skills are seriously undervalued in science, so enforced practice seems like a very good thing.

More importantly, though, I find it incredibly valuable to reflect on what I've been doing, why, what it means, what I can learn from that, and how it ought to shape my work going forward. There's something about declaring these things publicly that forces me to be concrete, and makes it much harder to deceive myself.

Then, of course, there's the precious feedback. So important! For me, that's the main reason to do science in academia. I don't think a human mind works very well without the perspective and criticism of others.

#phdlife

I really appreciate the ritual of everyone in a lab group presenting their work to each other on a regular basis.

Presentation and communication skills are seriously undervalued in science, so enforced practice seems like a very good thing.

More importantly, though, I find it incredibly valuable to reflect on what I've been doing, why, what it means, what I can learn from that, and how it ought to shape my work going forward. There's something about declaring these things publicly that forces me to be concrete, and makes it much harder to deceive myself.

Then, of course, there's the precious feedback. So important! For me, that's the main reason to do science in academia. I don't think a human mind works very well without the perspective and criticism of others.

#phdlife

Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

#Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

#Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

#Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

#Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

#Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

Don't tell IT, but I just realized that my #rstats GAM/BAM only used a single core on the #HPC while I requested 128 🫣

Now I'm up to 4 cores at least, no idea why #mgcv isn't using more.

I didn't expect it to be this difficult to use more resources.

#PhDLife #AcademicChatter #PostDocLife #AcademicLife

Don't tell IT, but I just realized that my #rstats GAM/BAM only used a single core on the #HPC while I requested 128 🫣

Now I'm up to 4 cores at least, no idea why #mgcv isn't using more.

I didn't expect it to be this difficult to use more resources.

#PhDLife #AcademicChatter #PostDocLife #AcademicLife

Don't tell IT, but I just realized that my #rstats GAM/BAM only used a single core on the #HPC while I requested 128 🫣

Now I'm up to 4 cores at least, no idea why #mgcv isn't using more.

I didn't expect it to be this difficult to use more resources.

#PhDLife #AcademicChatter #PostDocLife #AcademicLife

Don't tell IT, but I just realized that my #rstats GAM/BAM only used a single core on the #HPC while I requested 128 🫣

Now I'm up to 4 cores at least, no idea why #mgcv isn't using more.

I didn't expect it to be this difficult to use more resources.

#PhDLife #AcademicChatter #PostDocLife #AcademicLife

Don't tell IT, but I just realized that my #rstats GAM/BAM only used a single core on the #HPC while I requested 128 🫣

Now I'm up to 4 cores at least, no idea why #mgcv isn't using more.

I didn't expect it to be this difficult to use more resources.

#PhDLife #AcademicChatter #PostDocLife #AcademicLife

I am at CSEE&T in Florence presenting our experience report on Software Testing education using puzzles. I wrote a blog about it https://research.nielsdoorn.nl/blog/2026/07/21/CSEET.html

#phdlife #cseet #softwaretesting

Another week another dive into my thesis :blobcateyes: I have been doing this for way too long....... I reckon most candidates get to this point at the end! #PhDLife

Another week another dive into my thesis :blobcateyes: I have been doing this for way too long....... I reckon most candidates get to this point at the end! #PhDLife

First #PosterPresentation for Arghya within #LeidenForce!

Sharing research, discussing results and receiving feedback from the scientific community are essential steps in a PhD journey.

Scientific exchange is at the heart of doctoral training.

#PhDLife #MSCA #PhaseChange #HorizonEurope #CISM

Male Cat: Wassup doll?
Catgirl: Mrrp. I need to brush up my methodology …
Male Cat: (reads, then yawns) … u up for that nonsense again?! You‘re neglecting me, brushing furs is high.
Catgirl: Purr … 🤷🏻‍♀️ … but I love theory.
Male Cat: STFU. You need to brush my fur. Now!

#catgirl #catsplaining #cat #phdlife

Male Cat: Wassup doll?
Catgirl: Mrrp. I need to brush up my methodology …
Male Cat: (reads, then yawns) … u up for that nonsense again?! You‘re neglecting me, brushing furs is high.
Catgirl: Purr … 🤷🏻‍♀️ … but I love theory.
Male Cat: STFU. You need to brush my fur. Now!

#catgirl #catsplaining #cat #phdlife

Learning from cause and consequence 🤖🔎
Gabin Agbalé, PhD student in Alexander Marx ’s Causality group at RC Trust, attended the Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2026 in Milan. 🇮🇹🎓
The program connected directly to his work on causal representation learning and offered space for feedback, exchange, and future collaborations. 🌍🤝
https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/learning-from-cause-and-consequence
#ReinforcementLearning #Causality #ArtificialIntelligence #PhDLife #TrustworthyAI
Photo: RLSS 2026/ELLIS Unit Milan

Learning from cause and consequence 🤖🔎
Gabin Agbalé, PhD student in Alexander Marx ’s Causality group at RC Trust, attended the Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2026 in Milan. 🇮🇹🎓
The program connected directly to his work on causal representation learning and offered space for feedback, exchange, and future collaborations. 🌍🤝
https://rc-trust.ai/news/news-detail/learning-from-cause-and-consequence
#ReinforcementLearning #Causality #ArtificialIntelligence #PhDLife #TrustworthyAI
Photo: RLSS 2026/ELLIS Unit Milan

I went down the airtightness rabbit hole today to try to disentangle the different units used by researchers, industry and standards. So we can talk about them in a meaningful way. GAH! Blower doors need the 50Pa but buildings don't operate there. In all fairness. I LOVED IT! I am such a building geek 😍 #PhDLife

I went down the airtightness rabbit hole today to try to disentangle the different units used by researchers, industry and standards. So we can talk about them in a meaningful way. GAH! Blower doors need the 50Pa but buildings don't operate there. In all fairness. I LOVED IT! I am such a building geek 😍 #PhDLife

Having a low work day today. Need to recover from the syncope last night. Will finish methodology today (1 page left 🤣🤣) Then maybe take it easy if my brain needs it. But more often than not, I get into a track and keep going. This will end soon and I will be editing my novel instead of my thesis 🥰 #PhDLife

Having a low work day today. Need to recover from the syncope last night. Will finish methodology today (1 page left 🤣🤣) Then maybe take it easy if my brain needs it. But more often than not, I get into a track and keep going. This will end soon and I will be editing my novel instead of my thesis 🥰 #PhDLife

🔬 What happened inside LeidenForce in June?

Experimental setups, summer events, PhD stories, scientific watch and more.

Explore our monthly recap ⬇️
https://shorturl.at/sXB35

#LeidenForce #ResearchLife #PhDLife #FluidDynamics #ScientificWatch #LeidenfrostEffect #HorizonEurope #MSCA

I spent 8 hours on two pages today. So dense SIGH #PhDLife

I spent 8 hours on two pages today. So dense SIGH #PhDLife

Omg my first article is finally out! 🎉

Making Space: a case for unruly food pedagogies

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15528014.2026.2697126

This paper explores the intersection of food pedagogies and disability by considering what happens when disabled bodies are centered and made space for in pedagogical approaches to food and cooking.

Using Carla Rice's concept of the "unruly body" and Manning's proposition for an affect-driven "radical pedagogy", we acknowledge the fragility of learning and its often meandering trajectory, paying particular attention to the embodied experiences of unruly bodies and their interactions with other bodies and objects in space.

#phdlife

Omg my first article is finally out! 🎉

Making Space: a case for unruly food pedagogies

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15528014.2026.2697126

This paper explores the intersection of food pedagogies and disability by considering what happens when disabled bodies are centered and made space for in pedagogical approaches to food and cooking.

Using Carla Rice's concept of the "unruly body" and Manning's proposition for an affect-driven "radical pedagogy", we acknowledge the fragility of learning and its often meandering trajectory, paying particular attention to the embodied experiences of unruly bodies and their interactions with other bodies and objects in space.

#phdlife

🎓Congrats to Kenneth Chan on successfully defending his PhD!🎉
In his thesis, “Metre-Scale Radiative Effects at the Stratocumulus Cloud Top”, Kenneth investigated radiative effects that were previously overlooked on the meter scale in the cloud top region of stratocumulus clouds & their significance for the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. He uncovered a warming layer above the stratocumulus cloud tops, the "W-layer," & we are very proud of his discovery! ☁️
#PhDlife #ClimateScience

🎓Congrats to Kenneth Chan on successfully defending his PhD!🎉
In his thesis, “Metre-Scale Radiative Effects at the Stratocumulus Cloud Top”, Kenneth investigated radiative effects that were previously overlooked on the meter scale in the cloud top region of stratocumulus clouds & their significance for the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. He uncovered a warming layer above the stratocumulus cloud tops, the "W-layer," & we are very proud of his discovery! ☁️
#PhDlife #ClimateScience

naturally the only time my psychiatrist office is running behind is when i have a deadline 🥲 #PhDlife

Good science depends on good mentoring.

A survey of researchers across 65 countries highlights how supervisors can strongly influence mental health, career satisfaction and decisions to stay in research.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01693-4

#AcademicResearch #PhDLife #ResearchCulture #Mentorship #sciencecareers

📢 Join us for the General Circulation Student Meeting (GCSM) at MPI-M, Hamburg, Sept 1st-3rd, 2026! This 3-day student-led conference will focus on topics like land-ocean heating contrast, climate feedbacks, & idealized experiments. MSc students and PhD candidates interested in large-scale atmospheric circulation are invited to apply.

➡️ Apply here by July 14, 2026: https://events.mpimet.mpg.de/event/134/overview

#PhDlife #networking #sciconference #climatescience

📢 Join us for the General Circulation Student Meeting (GCSM) at MPI-M, Hamburg, Sept 1st-3rd, 2026! This 3-day student-led conference will focus on topics like land-ocean heating contrast, climate feedbacks, & idealized experiments. MSc students and PhD candidates interested in large-scale atmospheric circulation are invited to apply.

➡️ Apply here by July 14, 2026: https://events.mpimet.mpg.de/event/134/overview

#PhDlife #networking #sciconference #climatescience

My supervisor has finished reviewing my thesis, he said it is VERY GOOD I just need more references 😅❤️🥰 feeling relief #PhDLife

My supervisor has finished reviewing my thesis, he said it is VERY GOOD I just need more references 😅❤️🥰 feeling relief #PhDLife

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

Für Promovierende und Forschende in wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierungsphasen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Gefördert werden Forschungsaufenthalte in 2 bis 3 Gastländern der Max Weber Stiftung zur transnationalen und transregionalen Forschung.

📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 4. Oktober 2026

🔗 https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/feldman

#Fellowship #ResearchFunding #Geisteswissenschaften #Sozialwissenschaften #PhDLife #MWS

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

🎓Mariana Salinas Matus successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake Variability Across Space and Time." Congratulations!🎉
🌀Mariana's thesis improves the understanding of the global #CarbonCycle & identifies key mechanisms controlling the variability of #MesoscaleEddies. We're very proud of Mariana & wish her well as she starts a postdoc in @TatianaIlyina's new Department at the MPI for Marine Microbiology.🌊
#Oceanography #MPIM #PhDLife

Multitasking?
Of course I can multitask!
Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #PhDLife #PostDocLife #AcademicMastodon

Multitasking?
Of course I can multitask!
Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #PhDLife #PostDocLife #AcademicMastodon

#threeGoodThings
1 & 2) Learned a bit about African #Ubuntu philosophy this week, in addition to protocols for performing qualitative interviews with kūpuna (elders) in Hawaiʻi as part of my Indigenous research methods class.

3) Made it through the weekend, and turned my homework in on time.

#threegoodthings #ubuntu #phdlife