Early Career Scientists

There’s more to Geoscience than just oil and gas

Ayuni Ina Mohamaad and edited by Kiran Chotalia March 23, 2022

Columnar basalts at Daepo Haean Jusangjeolli Cliff, South Korea.

When most people hear Geology, they might think ‘rocks’, ‘diamonds’ or ‘oil and gas’, and these perceptions of the Geosciences vary from country to country. This week, we have PhD student Ayuni Ina Mohamaad from the University of Florida to tell us more about the Malaysian view of geoscientists. Fresh out of high school in 2009, I was still unclear with how I would like to move forward in life, ca ...[Read More]

The Sassy Scientist – Chill Pill Refill

The Sassy Scientist March 4, 2022

Angela is one to stress out just a wee bit every time a conference is right around the corner. It’s almost like she consistently doesn’t prepare in time. Ever so slightly concerned, her office mate asks: How last minute is too last minute when preparing for a conference? Dear Angela, Just take a breather and come down from your academic productivity high! It’s an untenable situat ...[Read More]

GeoLchat: el experimento de divulgación científica bilingüe hecho por tres geocientíficas colombianas

Carolina Ortiz-Guerrero, Lina C. Pérez-Angel, Daniela Muñoz-Granados and edited by Kiran Chotalia February 16, 2022

GeoLchat: A Bilingual Science Communication Experiment of Three Colombian Geoscientists Una de las cosas más importantes que se les enseña en la academia a los estudiantes de ciencia alrededor del mundo es aprender a usar el lenguaje científico. Sin embargo, nunca se les enseña a hablar acerca de ciencia en un lenguaje sencillo, y tampoco a comunicar y divulgar sus investigaciones en lenguajes dif ...[Read More]

The Sassy Scientist – Whining Unleashed

The Sassy Scientist February 4, 2022

We are all underpaid and underappreciated. That is almost the dictionary definition of academic jobs. We bounce from one barely acceptable contract to the next, hoping to finally land a tenure-track position that allows us to swim in money like Scrooge McDuck. But before that, science itself should be its own reward and sustenance. Sometimes though, we hear from a friend of a friend about a collea ...[Read More]