Mario Antonio Ongkiko

PhD student at the UoB | Currently working with density functional theory (DFT) on MOFs | CDT Topological Design | #PinoyScientist 🇵🇭 | he/him

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Never attended a conference this large 😮 Excited for the week ahead, learning more and presenting my poster, at MC17 in Edinburgh 🤩

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Got the chance to share my PhD project with some physics undergrads. Good questions at the end + someone approached me after. I thought it went well despite me being caffeinated out of my mind 😅

Didn’t get to take a pic at the event but here’s a poster with my name on it 😊

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Finished my last conference of the year! Had the chance to work on some disordered materials this year, and I had a great time learning about advancements in the field. First time in Durham as well 😌

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Presentation pet peeve is comparing two values with a bar graph where the y-axis doesn't begin with 0

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

I had a great time the past couple of days at the CASTEP User Conference at the University of Warwick! Great talks all around and lots of cool new things coming with CASTEP. 😄

Side note: seems like I’ll take a photo like this in the same hallway every year 😂

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Glad to have the opportunity to spice the PhD experience up with some outreach for @CdtTopDes 😁

[Sebastian Gilbert @seb_math_bio]

Forgot to mention, the @CdtTopDes has done it again! We visited @edengirlsbham and presented to their Year 10 maths students what a #PhD is, what #topology is and how it is applied to research, and a chance to apply it themselves through our interactive activities 🌉

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Hope to eventually present my own work in events like this!

PhD has its highs and lows, but I’m constantly reminded how much I love science and learning + really privileged to be able to pursue these as a career 😊

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

I spent the past couple of days at @PhysicsNews CMQM conference. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to follow along with advancements in the field.

Saw my own growth even as I managed to follow (most of) the talks in magnetism and topological materials tracks 😅

[Sebastian Gilbert @seb_math_bio]

📯 Excited to share all the great work the #outreach and #PublicEngagement group from @CdtTopDes with our new website! Find details of activities, resources and news of what we get up to 📰 https://t.co/KYFuP6ADkm

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Just had lunch with most of our CDT cohort! Really nice to catch up with everyone, and we’re hoping to make it a more regular thing 😊 @topologicalchem @DinaMFouad ++

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Finishing up the Open Science with ASE conference today! Lots of new things learned & memories made + the chance to see (part of) one of the main science facilities in the UK 😄

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

It’s probably the CDT effect but when I see things like this, I’m reminded of the topology lessons in my first year 😅

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

About to start the first week long workshop I’m attending alone. Wish me luck 😅

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Living in another country really has me feeling like this sometimes 😩

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

There was a really good discussion on open access and open science, with some opinions that I was surprised hearing 😄

Congratulations @topologicalchem on running an excellent series. Can't believe this all stemmed from one of our modules 🥳

[Open Access Seminar Series @OpenAccessUoB]

Dr Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of #NatureJournal, attended the Open Access (OA) Seminar Series.

We discussed lots of interesting points and had so many questions and resources that they deserve their own thread. First, buckle up for a recap of the session itself!

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Is this the way to go even in science presentations? I’ve seen dense slides be more commonplace, and sometimes they actually work 😮

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Tip from a guy who loves to make presentations:

Less information per slide...more slides.

[Open Access Seminar Series @OpenAccessUoB]

PLEASE RT:

Here is the big announcement!!! Alexandra Elbakyan (@ringo_ring) will be speaking to us virtually on her thoughts on #OpenAccess research as the founder of #SCIHUB. @unibirmingham students sign up quick to get your place on the 18th November!

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Took some time out of today’s work day to participate in some Lego building c/o Met&Mat’s EDI committee.

Meet my spooky “bat” 🦇

Not too bad for my first time 😌

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

First time to experience the difficulties of an international student trying to go to a conference abroad 😞

Looks like I'll need a 3 month warning to go anywhere in Europe (where 2 of those are just to get an appointment at the local embassy)😅

[Mario Antonio Ongkiko @matongkiko]

Probably did my first full 9-6 today, and I’m…tired 😅😴