Category Archives: postdocing

It’s time to reward good mentors

Posted on June 17, 2007 by

To most academic fledglings (i.e. graduate students and postdocs) finding a good mentor is both a difficult and one of the most important early career task, or as Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis & Philip Campbell put is in their Nature’s … Continue reading →

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Write, write, write…

Posted on June 16, 2007 by

The Ten Simple Rules for Fledgling Academics that I discussed in a post a few days ago actually omits one critical rule which may even be considered the most important rule of them all. A rule without which one is … Continue reading →

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Postdocs who blog

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

The blog Genomicron recently had a posting about Professors who blog based on a story in teachLearning. Some of the reasons for why profs blog given by the original article are, “…offers an alternative outlet to academic journals.” “…creates a … Continue reading →

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What am I up to at CADMS?

Posted on May 28, 2007 by

These days my research is largely focused on theoretical epidemiology. At CADMS I am working on several projects, most of which are centered around various theoretical aspects of epidemiological dynamics. My main research interest addresses the epidemiological dynamics of finite … Continue reading →

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