interviews

Interview ECS GD Awardee 2026 – Sia Ghelichkhan

Sia Ghelichkhan and edited by Lorenzo Mantiloni March 25, 2026

Dr. Siavash Ghelichkhan is the 2026 EGU ECS Awardee for the Geodynamics divison. Congratulations, Sia! The image in the upper-right corner is the present-day thermal structure predicted from a global mantle convection simulation in G-ADOPT (see https://gadopt.org/).

The Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awards highlight exceptional scientific contributions made by an Early Career Scientist in the fields of Earth Sciences associated with each division. This year, the prestigious recognition for the Geodynamics Division has been awarded to Dr. Sia Gelichkhan, from the Australian National University. Today we have the pleasure of interviewing him on hi ...[Read More]

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ágnes Király July 27, 2022

The summer months are often considered the cucumber season both in politics and in academia. However, there are several young researchers who use these months to work like crazy on proposals for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship call. To give some inspiration to these young academic adventurers, I asked some current and recently awarded MSCA Fellows to share their experien ...[Read More]

The Sassy Scientist – You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here…

The Sassy Scientist February 12, 2021

…but it helps. Everyone has one colleague with that pinned above their desk. Sometimes with pictures of kittens. Lucile doesn’t want to be that interview candidate, so she asks: How can I prepare for an academic interview? Dear Lucile, Tips on how to appear to be a sane, motivated, enthusiastic, friendly, people-loving, positive, high-achieving, committed scientist? You’ve come t ...[Read More]