Hi! Please tell us a bit about yourself... 🙂 My name is Heloise Stevance, I am originally French but moved to England when I was 18 to study astrophysics at the University of Sheffield in the North of England. I spent a year during my Master’s operating the Isaac Newton telescope in the Canary Islands … Continue reading Interview with Héloïse Stevance (Research Fellow, University of Auckland) →

1.)    Hi, please tell us a bit about yourself... : ) I’m Chris. I live in Ottawa, Canada with my spouse and three kids, and I love writing, photography, and travel! I did a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. During my studies, I did fellowships in Germany and Greece, and … Continue reading Interview with Chris Cornthwaite, PhD (Thinkhouse Canada & Roostervane) →

1.)    Hi Aaron! Please tell us a bit about yourself... : ) So I started my undergraduate degree in Physics back in 2008, and was lucky enough to be chosen for a sponsorship by Andor Technology at the time which really helped with the student loans! I did my masters in 2012/2013, and chose … Continue reading Interview with Aaron Reid (Physicist at Andor Technology & part-time Postdoc with DKIST) →

1.)    Hi! Please tell us a bit about yourself... : ) Hello! My name is Tuba İkiz and I am an Astrophysicist. I finished my PhD at Atatürk University in Turkey. During my PhD, I was also a research assistant at the Astronomy and Astrophysics department of Atatürk University and now I am working … Continue reading Interview with Tuba İkiz (Project Specialist, Eastern Anatolia Observatory (DAG)) →

1.)    Hi, please tell us a bit about yourself : ) … Hi, my name is Sarah! 👋 I am an avid music fan and I love to go to gigs or play my guitar to try and get a few gigs of my own! I also like to do cross-stitch embroidery as I … Continue reading Interview with Sarah Gibson (Research Data Scientist, The Alan Turing Institute) →

1) Hi Katy, please tell us a bit about yourself : ) …  I am a Physics PhD Candidate at the University of California, Irvine in my 4th year studying astrophysics. I’m, also, a new mama! Aside from changing diapers and writing code, I *love* nature and tv - haha my hobbies are kind of … Continue reading Interview with Katy Rodriguez Wimberly (Physics PhD Candidate, UC Irvine) →

1) Hi Hannah! Please tell us a bit about yourself 😊… My name is Hannah and I live in New York and I enjoy eating, reading and running. I’m a research fellow in John Chodera’s research group at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I ran the Brooklyn half-marathon earlier this year and am trying to … Continue reading Interview with Hannah Bruce MacDonald (Postdoc in Computational Chemistry, MSKCC) →

1.)    Hi Aleks! Could you please tell us a bit about yourself : )… Hello! My name is Aleks, I live in Belfast and in my free time I enjoy walking, reading and travelling.  In early 2018 I finished my PhD in aerosol science working at the Bristol Aerosol Research Center based at the … Continue reading Interview with Aleksandra Marsh (Technical Writer, Andor Technology) →

  1.) Hi Malena! Could you please tell us a bit about yourself? : )  My name is Malena Rice, and I’m a 2nd-year Astronomy PhD student and NSF graduate research fellow studying planet formation at Yale University in the United States. I’m originally from southern California, and I moved to northern California to complete … Continue reading Interview with Malena Rice (Astronomy PhD student, Yale) →

Hi, As promised in my last blog post, I am summarizing my suggestions on how to prepare industry job applications: Resumes & cover letters - I found it very helpful to use literature (e.g., a book by Karen Kelsky) for advice on how to write and structure resumes and cover letters (for academic as well … Continue reading “Hello” from the other side 😉 →