The struggles of being a PostDoc and a parent: A personal appeal on work-family balance

“Have you planned to become a father?” the professor asked me. “Yes”, I said. “It’s not easy to be in science and be a parent. I know it all too well having two kids myself” he said and continued: “You have to make a lot of compromises”. “So be it!”, I responded, “then I will...

After years behind the screen I do fieldwork again – and you should do so too – after your PhD

  In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. - Walter J. Savitch   I love going out and experience nature. My studies were very practical with lots of field trips in soil science, botany, geology and faunal life and I spend heaps of my free time watching...