Tag: PhD life
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So I just had my first week as a PhD student and I was way too obvious with how overwhelmed I was. Somewhere between asking about deadlines and milestones that did not exist yet, a colleague told me I was thinking about the ‘traditional PhD.’ Well, what is the ‘traditional PhD?’ It’s about having a…
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Back in 2019, I found myself talking with a conference attendee’s PhD supervisor from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, who was then trying to convince me to pursue a PhD, saying it would push me to become someone I never thought I am capable of being. At the time, the idea of pursuing PhD…
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I am still two weeks away from the official program start, but the gears are already rolling for me. I came to Canada with only the textbook knowledge of agrivoltaics and the courage to start from the basics as I build my research career. Meanwhile, I am honored to be part of the Free Appropriate…
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It started with a list There was a time in my life when bucket lists were a thing. In 2011, while I was still a first-year college student, filled with hopes and dreams of what I could become, I wrote a list. And in that list, you can read about the things I want to…
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The first few chapters of Katabasis felt like walking through an unfamiliar terrain; I wasn’t sure I’d find my footing. But I did. And after four days of reading in broken intervals, I finished it. My friend Amira recommended it to me last year, after I’d finished her 1st book recommendation in dark academia: Ninth…