by Anat Belasen, herpetologist, evolutionary ecologist, Smith Conservation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cornell University, U-M EEB Ph.D. alumnus 2019 From Anat M. Belasen, Ph.D. Blog Tis the season to send those anxiety-producing emails out to your science heroes! I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about the best way to reach out to potential advisors,…
Category: postdoc
Guest post: Suggestions from a wellness counselor on coronavirus and managing mental health
From Dynamic Ecology and Meg Duffy Kate Hagadone is the Wellness Counselor at Michigan Medical School’s Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (OGPS). She sent the information in this post to an OGPS listserv at the end of last week. I thought the information would be of interest to lots more folks, so, with her…
How changing our healthcare system impacts science: my experience as a postdoc looking for insurance
From Dynamic Ecology by Meghan Duffy, a University of Michigan associate professor in ecology and evolutionary biology In 2005, I heard that I had received a National Science Foundation (NSF) postdoc to go work at the University of Wisconsin. I was thrilled about the opportunity, and really looked forward to starting. But, as I worked…