Scientists, what’s YOUR story?
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By , on February 17th, 2011 5 comments   Scientist!   , , ,  

If there’s one thing I learned at ScienceOnline2011 (a gathering of journalists, writers, and scientists), it’s that science communicators should tell stories, not just facts. Us scientists sometimes have blinders on—facts are what we need, want, and crave. A ‘gut feeling’ certainly won’t pass peer review. But oftentimes it is a gut feeling that leads . . . → Read More: Scientists, what’s YOUR story?

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Awesome PhD Opportunity for UK Residents
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By , on December 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment   Education   , , , ,  

Unfortunately, only open to UK residents (for full funding) or EU members (for partial funding). Check it out if you are looking for what looks to me like a really cool PhD project in Belfast! PhD position in invertebrate physiology and evolution Application Deadline: 11 January 2010 We are looking for candidates for a PhD . . . → Read More: Awesome PhD Opportunity for UK Residents

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Please, call me Doctor
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By , on July 20th, 2009 16 comments   Scientist!   ,  

I successfully defended my dissertation thesis today at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. The presentation went well, 45 minutes exactly. Following that, I was grilled for 2.5 hours on subjects ranging from species distributions to taxonomy, and from fisheries regulation to gelological history. At the end, Committee Members Drs. Ian MacDonald, Stephen Cairns, Wes Tunnell, . . . → Read More: Please, call me Doctor

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Dissertation emancipation
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By , on July 6th, 2009 6 comments   Scientist!   , , ,  

When the Graduate Student Handbook says PhD candidates will be submitting a book-length manuscript, they’re not kidding. Thursday I turned over my draft dissertation – 185 pages of deep thoughts about octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico. Within 5 minutes of discussion about the weight of the paper (~ 3 lbs. ) and the . . . → Read More: Dissertation emancipation

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Oceanography On the Chopping Block
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By , on April 13th, 2009 5 comments   Scientist!   , , , , ,  

Word from Tallahassee is that oceanography may be out at FSU! Florida State administrators this afternoon released a draft of proposed wide-sweeping cutbacks at the university, based on current reductions in state revenue. If enacted, they would dramatically alter the university as we know it. Twenty-one degree programs at FSU would be eliminated, including anthropology, . . . → Read More: Oceanography On the Chopping Block

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So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?
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By , on March 2nd, 2009 28 comments   Education, New Research, Scientist!, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

In the past, a few readers, interns, random undergraduates, and a curious public have asked all three of us here at DSN “How do you become a deep-sea biologist?” I write this from the perspective of obtaining a Ph.d. in marine biology and I am assuming the reader wants to go for a Ph.d. as . . . → Read More: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?

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