Chris T. Conwell

PhD graduate from @osuearthscience
Studied the chemistry of limestone to understand ancient climate change.
Generally confused. Loves therapy

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@RowanMclachlan2 @vegathurberlab @OregonState @VegaThurber 👏👏🙂

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Giving a GSA talk later this morning. Come on by :)

https://t.co/nh4M926eJG

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@Saidlacheque I used one in an undergrad research project to look for secondary mineralization in <1 ka Oyster shells. I remember it working well, wish I could remember the brand....but it was my introduction to the 'paradigm' of chemical analysis

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@JunellieG @hydrogawker One more—I feel that I've "read" (loosely) a paper if I can answer these questions:
1.) what are they trying to learn and why
2.) what data did they collect to learn about this thing
3.) what do they think the data means
4.) why/how do their interpretations matter

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@JunellieG @hydrogawker On a first skim through, I usually focus on the last paragraph or two of the intro (where they usually state the goal of the paper), then jump to the conclusion paragraph, then a quick skim of the methods and a broad skim of the discussion. :) 3/3

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@JunellieG @hydrogawker This piecemeal skimming lets me figure out what sections (if any!) are important to me. THEN I read very attentively. But you're right, there's just no way to read every sentence of every paper with full attention every day. 2/

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@JunellieG @hydrogawker Rule #1: there are no rules for reading papers. Skim, read sections out of order, whatever. And by skim, I mean really skim. At first glance, I usually don't read complete sentences. But key words stick out to me and I piece together the information in my head. 1/

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@AlexM_Wailan @AcademicChatter I have thought about how there's not yet been a Netflix doc on academia....

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@enviro__emma @AcademicChatter (1) is there anything you wish someone told you before they joined the lab/group and (2) would you join this lab/group again if you had the choice. Maybe ominous, but useful

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AND, my first thought after this was "oh, that'd be a good Tweet"....................

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I watched The Social Dilemma and am now split between academics telling me I need to be on Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. and the reality that my attention is a commodity in a 50 billion dollar industry

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@kdevlin525 Thank you for asking the question that we've all had the whole time

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@wilted_prose @PeterBrannen1 Ah, yes to the sun eventually destroying everything. Not for a few billion years, though

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@DrWendyRocks Even in pre-COVID times, it took us months to get HEPA filters for a clean lab...

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@joelmcglothlin Glad I'm not the only one.....

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@hufbauer @CSU_Ecology Thanks Ruth for being the mentor that grad students need

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That said, I have an excellent team of mental health care providers. My therapist and psych are an integral part of my grad school experience, and I value them almost as much as my PhD advisor.

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I'm among the grad students feeling Not So Good™ during this pandemic. Here is a reminder that I need constantly. I'll try to revisit this article at least a few times a week.

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A good read for Labor Day morning. So important to help graduate students be kind to themselves. #CSU_Ecology @CSU_Ecology
https://t.co/nlHbtpXv7g

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@emilydoesastro @AcademicChatter I discovered @zotero about 2 yrs into my PhD. Until that point, I was keeping track of important papers in a Word doc w/ layers of headings, bulleted lists, etc. It was exactly as it sounds....messy. A ref manager is a game-changer