Thoughts, challenges, musings of an expat scientist and psychologist
I was born and raised in India. I’ve studied in three different countries, worked in four and my home is an Indo-German space in Denmark. I speak four languages fluently, none of them native to the country I currently live in. I really like my life in Denmark and I[…]
Read moreIt’s 09.45pm, on a warm June evening in Copenhagen. The sun hasn’t set yet and I am reflecting on my experience being on the Career Panel at Understanding Vision 2021. While this was an utterly flattering invitation that led to an hour of stimulating discussions with wonderful panelists, it required[…]
Read moreEveryone was happy to strike 2020 off the calendar, but not me. I finished my PhD in 2020, with all the publications I had strived for. And you may imagine finishing a PhD is like a clear achievement. One day you don’t have a title, and the next morning, you[…]
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From 17.02.2020 till 22.02.2020, I curated the @WeAreRLadies Twitter account. An account for members of the R-Ladies community to talk about what they do and an opportunity to interact with the wider community. I am writing this reflective post in the last few hours of my curation. My goal for[…]
Read moreI am in the final stages of my PhD work. This, for me, means unstructured work hours, writing multiple articles parallelly, and job hunting. I knew it would be a hectic, chaotic 2019; and I pride myself at being organized and well-prepared for such a feat. As 2018 was coming[…]
Read moreIdentity is a difficult concept to wrap one’s head around. Think about your identity for a moment. Who are you? Does your answer reflect your citizenship, residential status, your job description, the relationship you have with others, your gender, your education, your sexual orientation? What do you choose to be[…]
Read moreOver the last year, I have presented my scientific findings to a wide range of audiences from school children to people passing by on the streets of Berlin. Thanks to programs like Soapbox Science, Skype a Scientist and Letters to a Pre-Scientist, I’ve been able to hone my scientific communication[…]
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Research is a global field and involves a ton of travel – collaborations, conferences, talks, sabbaticals, training, its endless. If you are someone who, like me, enjoys travel, you may want to actively seek out such opportunities and turn them into mini vacations. Add to this vacations you take alone[…]
Read more‘Did you know in the 5th Grade, that you would be a scientist when you grow up?’ This was one of the questions I got from a 5th Grade class I was matched with under the Skype a Scientist program. I smiled to myself as I answered ‘No, I hadn’t[…]
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A presentation for Soapbox Science, just like any other presentation, goes through its phases of preparation. My journey started slowly with an application in February, a confirmation in March, and then quickly escalated with a Skype training in April. In this post, I’ll try and retrospect about how I prepared for my Soapbox Science talk.
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