🥳Life Update!
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as assistant professor for Natural Language Processing @unileipzig.bsky.social in April! I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported me on this journey.
I will be recruiting PhD students with @scadsai.bsky.social, stay tuned for details!
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as assistant professor for Natural Language Processing @unileipzig.bsky.social in April! I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported me on this journey.
I will be recruiting PhD students with @scadsai.bsky.social, stay tuned for details!
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🥳Life Update!
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as assistant professor for Natural Language Processing @unileipzig.bsky.social in April! I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported me on this journey.
I will be recruiting PhD students with @scadsai.bsky.social, stay tuned for details!
I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be starting as assistant professor for Natural Language Processing @unileipzig.bsky.social in April! I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported me on this journey.
I will be recruiting PhD students with @scadsai.bsky.social, stay tuned for details!
It turns out that PhD candidate life is much scarier than life beforehand
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It turns out that PhD candidate life is much scarier than life beforehand
Today, I got news an ambitious multi-year, multi-university center I am (a small) part of had been funded; I went for a swim and saw seven rays and a groper fish; I hung out with my PhD advisor over flat whites and discussed research with an by my own student.
Life is good, 10/10, would recommend.
Life is good, 10/10, would recommend.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today, I got news an ambitious multi-year, multi-university center I am (a small) part of had been funded; I went for a swim and saw seven rays and a groper fish; I hung out with my PhD advisor over flat whites and discussed research with an by my own student.
Life is good, 10/10, would recommend.
Life is good, 10/10, would recommend.
Before COVID, Høeg had a blog where she discussed her life, career, and interest in sports medicine.
When the pandemic hit, she—like too many other doctors—leveraged her PhD in epidemiology (sports-focused) and MD to become a right-wing favorite “expert,” casting doubt on public health authorities.
When the pandemic hit, she—like too many other doctors—leveraged her PhD in epidemiology (sports-focused) and MD to become a right-wing favorite “expert,” casting doubt on public health authorities.
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Before COVID, Høeg had a blog where she discussed her life, career, and interest in sports medicine.
When the pandemic hit, she—like too many other doctors—leveraged her PhD in epidemiology (sports-focused) and MD to become a right-wing favorite “expert,” casting doubt on public health authorities.
When the pandemic hit, she—like too many other doctors—leveraged her PhD in epidemiology (sports-focused) and MD to become a right-wing favorite “expert,” casting doubt on public health authorities.
two reasons to get a PhD: 1) respected gender-neutral honorific 2) the chance of this happening in real life greatly improved
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
two reasons to get a PhD: 1) respected gender-neutral honorific 2) the chance of this happening in real life greatly improved
But seriously, this is not just under-30s. I'm *48*, real wages have been largely stagnant my whole working life (I entered the labour market a few years late thanks to doing a PhD so missed most of the end of the long boom)...
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
But seriously, this is not just under-30s. I'm *48*, real wages have been largely stagnant my whole working life (I entered the labour market a few years late thanks to doing a PhD so missed most of the end of the long boom)...
“You know, I’m not unaccustomed to people being confidently wrong at me. I’m a woman with a PhD. I’ve been training for this my whole life.”
— @cfiesler.bsky.social 🧪
— @cfiesler.bsky.social 🧪
I finally cut a clip of what multiple people told me was their favorite joke from this set.
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“You know, I’m not unaccustomed to people being confidently wrong at me. I’m a woman with a PhD. I’ve been training for this my whole life.”
— @cfiesler.bsky.social 🧪
— @cfiesler.bsky.social 🧪
Um 18 Uhr geht es los am @dhi-paris.fr :
You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
Mal schauen wie ich von Microsoft, #IchBinHanna über den Paulinischen Imperativ zu Kettcar komme….
You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
Mal schauen wie ich von Microsoft, #IchBinHanna über den Paulinischen Imperativ zu Kettcar komme….
"You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany."
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
@kubon.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
11.12. | 18h | IHA | #Keynote de l'atelier "carrières alternatives d'historien.ne.s"
11.12. | 18h | IHA | #Keynote de l'atelier "carrières alternatives d'historien.ne.s"
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Um 18 Uhr geht es los am @dhi-paris.fr :
You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
Mal schauen wie ich von Microsoft, #IchBinHanna über den Paulinischen Imperativ zu Kettcar komme….
You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
Mal schauen wie ich von Microsoft, #IchBinHanna über den Paulinischen Imperativ zu Kettcar komme….
Congratulations to Yasmin, a 'Physics of Life' MSc graduate now a PhD student in the PoL Friedrich group @friedrich-group.bsky.social for being awarded the Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus Award last week! 🏅
Congratulations to sky-less Yasmin Abdelghaffar (2nd from right), who received an Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus Award for her MSc studies as one of the top-4 graduates of the School of Science at @tudresden.bsky.social @cmcb-tud.bsky.social. Congratulations and keep up the great work!
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Congratulations to Yasmin, a 'Physics of Life' MSc graduate now a PhD student in the PoL Friedrich group @friedrich-group.bsky.social for being awarded the Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus Award last week! 🏅
I spent the majority of my life working as a software engineer. But I never doubted once that my PhD in the humanities made me a better software engineer than I would otherwise have been.
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I spent the majority of my life working as a software engineer. But I never doubted once that my PhD in the humanities made me a better software engineer than I would otherwise have been.
Fantastic day for a lab hike!
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fantastic day for a lab hike!
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
PhD submitted ove the weekend. The last 4 years of my work life cumulated into 149 pages.
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
PhD submitted ove the weekend. The last 4 years of my work life cumulated into 149 pages.
🏆 It's a double win for the Soldati Lab! Last Friday, our former PhD students @angieprrt.bsky.social and Jahn Nitschke each received an award for their doctoral work: the Laemmli Prize for Angélique and Best Thesis in Life Sciences for Jahn. So proud of both for these well-deserved honors! 🤩
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🏆 It's a double win for the Soldati Lab! Last Friday, our former PhD students @angieprrt.bsky.social and Jahn Nitschke each received an award for their doctoral work: the Laemmli Prize for Angélique and Best Thesis in Life Sciences for Jahn. So proud of both for these well-deserved honors! 🤩
She probably wasn't radicalized at all and society's just gotten crazy enough to where a normal history Phd might look around at people in their life and think "he goes Nazi".
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
She probably wasn't radicalized at all and society's just gotten crazy enough to where a normal history Phd might look around at people in their life and think "he goes Nazi".
Have decided to opt out of the public beating. In April, I gave up my whole (then) life to fight this I work on this stuff 24/7 and my salary (only 3 days so I can still do my PhD on FWS) is about £30k. I'm not really some high flying lawyer. Just a trans person. Trying. Hoping that's enough.
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Have decided to opt out of the public beating. In April, I gave up my whole (then) life to fight this I work on this stuff 24/7 and my salary (only 3 days so I can still do my PhD on FWS) is about £30k. I'm not really some high flying lawyer. Just a trans person. Trying. Hoping that's enough.
Waiting on feedback on final chapter by sup but... I think I have my first final draft done. OF THE WHOLE THESIS. I have intro, chapters, conclusion and all the rest of the shit done. Let the editing begin!
Holy shit you guys.
#phd #phdlife #historian #medicalhistory #skystorians
Holy shit you guys.
#phd #phdlife #historian #medicalhistory #skystorians
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Waiting on feedback on final chapter by sup but... I think I have my first final draft done. OF THE WHOLE THESIS. I have intro, chapters, conclusion and all the rest of the shit done. Let the editing begin!
Holy shit you guys.
#phd #phdlife #historian #medicalhistory #skystorians
Holy shit you guys.
#phd #phdlife #historian #medicalhistory #skystorians
the thing I most wanted out of D&D was imagining I could be a person who was socially proficient
then I got into speech competittions + became a communication PhD in real life
then I got into speech competittions + became a communication PhD in real life
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the thing I most wanted out of D&D was imagining I could be a person who was socially proficient
then I got into speech competittions + became a communication PhD in real life
then I got into speech competittions + became a communication PhD in real life
When I do career panels, people often ask me what about my PhD was most valuable for becoming an award-winning* science journalist.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When I do career panels, people often ask me what about my PhD was most valuable for becoming an award-winning* science journalist.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
Sure, I have a PhD in science
But I have a bachelor's in Philosophy and I use it every day of my life.
*not big awards, but still, I'm not terrible at my job.
Because I’m so low energy, I had taken making coffee off the list of things I could do. Yesterday I introduced half a cup. I was more “productive” but when if came time to sleep many, many hours later — trouble.
I was mostly no coffee most of my life until my PhD.
I was mostly no coffee most of my life until my PhD.
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Because I’m so low energy, I had taken making coffee off the list of things I could do. Yesterday I introduced half a cup. I was more “productive” but when if came time to sleep many, many hours later — trouble.
I was mostly no coffee most of my life until my PhD.
I was mostly no coffee most of my life until my PhD.
Today I start a new journey. 🫶🏾
New country, new city, and a life after my PhD. ☺️
New country, new city, and a life after my PhD. ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today I start a new journey. 🫶🏾
New country, new city, and a life after my PhD. ☺️
New country, new city, and a life after my PhD. ☺️
As someone with way more graduate degrees than any one person should have, I genuinely think working a service job should be mandatory. I learned more about life as a hotel maid and bartender than I did in an astrophysics PhD that's for sure.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
As someone with way more graduate degrees than any one person should have, I genuinely think working a service job should be mandatory. I learned more about life as a hotel maid and bartender than I did in an astrophysics PhD that's for sure.
That's so cool! Gordon Freeman is such a legend! Did you know he has a PhD in theoretical physics? And the Half-Life series is iconic! It's amazing you share an age with such a cool character! 😄
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
That's so cool! Gordon Freeman is such a legend! Did you know he has a PhD in theoretical physics? And the Half-Life series is iconic! It's amazing you share an age with such a cool character! 😄
"You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany."
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
@kubon.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany.
11.12. | 18h | IHA | #Keynote de l'atelier "carrières alternatives d'historien.ne.s"
11.12. | 18h | IHA | #Keynote de l'atelier "carrières alternatives d'historien.ne.s"
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"You Can Take the Researcher out of the University, but You Can’t Take the University out of the Researcher ! Perspectives on Life after a PhD in Germany."
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
Meine Keynote in genau einer Woche in Paris am DHI. Ich freue mich schon sehr! (11.12.25 / 18 Uhr)
👇
Last night we drew boxer and phd researcher Jimmy, making his life modelling debut just for us! 2 sessions left of 2025... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Last night we drew boxer and phd researcher Jimmy, making his life modelling debut just for us! 2 sessions left of 2025... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
I am proud to announce that I've accepted the offer of Research Associate in the Floto Lab, University of Cambridge after 4 tough years of PhD life! We will be working on fragment based drug discovery for bacterial pathogens of concern. Excited for my next adventure!
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I am proud to announce that I've accepted the offer of Research Associate in the Floto Lab, University of Cambridge after 4 tough years of PhD life! We will be working on fragment based drug discovery for bacterial pathogens of concern. Excited for my next adventure!