We’ve had a busy couple of weeks at Hubbard Brook. Last week was the beginning of the REU program. We have two excellent students, Nathaniel Rasnake and Delaney Peterson, from Virginia Tech who are both working on our lateral weathering project. This week was the LTER site mid-term review of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. …
We all had a great time at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco last week. Kris, JP, and Cody all presented posters and Kevin convened a session on Deciphering Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes in Catchment Studies With a Focus on New Measurement Technologies and Hysteresis Analysis and gave a talk in a session on Nonpoint …
There I was, checking the weather forecast for the last few days of my field season, writing in dismay on the blog that I would return home with no storm samples. (See the post below) The forecast had been the same as it was seemingly all summer: 40% chance of thunderstorms. At this point 40% …
On Thursday afternoon our weekend was full of promise as Cody, Kevin, and I approached the airline check-in counter. We were flying to Hubbard Brook to meet with everyone on the hydropedology project for a day of meetings and then a day in the field. It was going to be fantastic. The only thing that …
I saw this blog post today in the Chronicle’s Innovation blog. It’s so true – we learn a lot from our students and that’s one of the aspects I find most exciting about being a professor. Thanks mentees! Article: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/?p=30022 By the way…I hate the term mentee, but I don’t know of a better one. Interestingly, …
I was contacted by gethydrologyjobs.com for permission to include our blog as a new resource link on their website. I think it’s a fine idea! It will be highlighted next week in their newsletter and I hope more hydrologists find their way to our blog. For those not familiar with gethydrologyjobs.com, it’s one of the most …
There are some excellent resources on this site for graduate students. Check them out!! Here is a document I wrote up for the ecology grad students at my university, with tips on giving a good talk, and on some common statistical mistakes to avoid. As with all the advice I offer, it is far from …
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A few weeks ago, there was an article in EOS, the American Geophysical Union newspaper, about a recent survey conducted of graduate students from two large interdisciplinary research projects. The findings from the survey, I believe, are right on the money. Scientists preparing for interdisciplinary research careers must learn many diverse skills that do not …
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Telling a story of course isn’t always easy, especially when it comes to scientific writing. The story part of a scientific paper, for example the discussion or intro, can be a real challenge. Today I was catching up on my podcasts while at the gym and I found a really interesting Radiolab episode called Me, Myself, …
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Radiolab. I think they do a great job of explaining the wonder of a science in a way that is entertaining and relevant. Naturally, when the topic of creating the “story” of your research came up at our last group meeting, I thought of the short …
My wife, Dana, is a graduate student in the higher education program here at Tech. They focus on academic or student affairs, university operations, counseling/mentoring, etc. Anyway, they are encouraged to read the The Chronicle of Higher Education on a regular basis – something all good academics should be doing. The other day Dana came across …