In parallel

There are many different opinions on multitasking. Some people swear by it and do it all the time. Others not so much, and they need to chop their tasks into nice packages that can be finished one after the other. I used to belong to the latter group, but I’ve found myself lately to beContinue reading “In parallel”

Buckle up! It’s gonna be a rough ride…

I’m scared. There, I said it. I’m bloody scared! This whole pandemic situation freaks me out, and it’s exhausting. I try to do my job as an academic – teaching, supervision, research – while generally keeping in mind the safety of myself and those that I’m responsible for, being my team and my students. BeforeContinue reading “Buckle up! It’s gonna be a rough ride…”

I can’t handle this shit anymore…

This afternoon our group, the Terrestrial Ecology Group at the Technical University of Munich had the first session of its annual ‘postdoc retreat’. The idea of the retreat is to revisit our group’s vision and mission, by first discussing what a vision is and what a mission is. Some people think that what is aContinue reading “I can’t handle this shit anymore…”