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Looking back at a first year of PhD rhythmed by a pandemic
by Coline Le Noir De Carlan (University of Antwerp) It’s actually quite funny thinking back about the first few weeks as a member of FutureArctic, when projects and ideas were building up. It didn’t take long for us to get caught by what would soon become this...
Stages of pandemonium: Keeping (very sensitive) automated equipment running remotely during a global catastrophe
by Linsey Avila (University of Copenhagen) When COVID-19 hit, no one could have anticipated the chaos that would ensue. Having just started my PhD project only a few months prior to the first wave, it certainly complicated the plans my supervisor and I had...
Field and lab-based research during a pandemic!!!!
By Biplabi Bhattharai (University of Tartu) The scariest word of 2020 for me was “stay-home”. Last winter had me itching to get back to travelling and see the world, to visit my family, or just to hang out with friends. I had been waiting for the spring/summer to...
Keeping a sharp mental edge during a PhD in a pandemic
By Argus Pesqueda (CREAF) A Pile of PhD Pandemic Pointers - Creativity and how it can shape your morale and mental sharpness You’ve been there. You’ve hit that rock bottom that you’ve seen exaggerated on TV, like Homer Simpson does so often in The Simpsons. You...
Tools for Surviving a PhD during a Pandemic
By Bart Bussmann (imec) Doing a PhD is challenging. Doing a PhD in a new country is difficult. Doing a PhD in a new country during a world-wide pandemic is seriously hardcore. PhD students are prone to procrastination? Why not try working from home where...
Meet Virginia Vargolskaia (ESR15)
Hi! My name is Virginia, and I was the final Ph.D. student to join the project this summer, perhaps because I'm the only social scientist, and I’ll be the one researching the researchers. In any case, I feel lucky for the chance to work alongside all of the...
Meet Vaidehi Narsingh (ESR13)
"Since my childhood I was told, ‘aim for the skies’. I think I took it damn seriously. Hello, so here I am, Vaidehi Narsingh who traveled from India to Denmark to pursue my dream of being an M.Sc. graduate in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering from the...
Meet Ruth Tchana Wandji (ESR7)
My name is Ruth TCHANA WANDJI, I am from Cameroon, a country located in Central Africa and often called “Africa in miniature”. Concerning my academical background, I schooled both in Cameroon and France, respectively. I had an enriching background in the field of...
Meet Fabrizzio Protti (ESR5)
Hello! My name is Fabrizzio Protti Sánchez and I come from Costa Rica where I did my bachelor’s in Biology at Universidad Nacional (UNA). I started my scientific adventure and got interested in biogeochemistry and climate change impacts on ecosystem processes while...
Meet Dennis Metze (ESR4)
Hey everyone! My name is Dennis Metze, I’m from Germany, and I was one of the last students to join the FutureArctic Project. Among several other ESRs of the interdisciplinary network, I will try to contribute to a better understanding of the ecosystem processes at...
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation under grant agreement No 813114.