025: Leah overcame failing her first oral proposal defense to find work she loves at NEON

Rock Your Research with Chris Jones

English - January 19, 2016 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
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Previous Episode: 024: Jennifer overcame her nervous voice during presentation to land an amazing job co-managing multiple programs at the National Science Foundation.

Next Episode: 026: Denise struggled with self confidence but landed her perfect job as a researcher at the US Geological Survey.

Leah is the supervising scientist of education and public engagement at NEON. Her research involves remote sensing and data informatics. To learn more about Leah take a look at her profile on the neon website

Biggest Struggle

She struggled with time management and work life balance because she worked full time during graduate school.

Worst Moment

She failed her initial dissertation proposal defense.

Best Moment

Her defense.

Mindful Minutes Segment

Habit: Scheduling and time management
Book: Blogs specifically the rOpenSci blog
Productivity Tool: Evernote and Wunderlist
Best Advice: Get out of your bubble and network!
Hobbies: Climbing, hiking, and anything outdoors
Alternative PhD study: Data Science

Contact Information and Resources

Email: [email protected]
rOpenSci
Twitter
Neon Data skills workshops
Data Carpentry

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