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Tag Archives: Doctor of Philosophy
Lifecycle of a postdoc
I know from the questions I get asked by friends and family that a lot of people have a bit of difficulty getting their heads around how academia really works. Particularly bizarre to them is the lifecycle of projects. While … Continue reading
Posted in Geology, Science, Travel
Tagged academia, Doctor of Philosophy, Postdoctoral research, Principal investigator, Project, Research, science funding, Thesis
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Academic roots
About a month ago Jessica Ball of Magma cum Laude posted up her geologic genealogy – the premise being that you trace back your PhD supervisor’s supervisor and so on. Her post had in turn been triggered by this one … Continue reading
Posted in General, Geology, Science
Tagged Doctor of Philosophy, genealogy, Harry Hess, Norman L. Bowen, Princeton
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