Oluseye Oludoye

👨‍🏫 Lecturer @teessideUni | 🌍 Environmental Scientist | 🌱 Sustainability Advocate

[Johnson Ehimare Victor @JevUniverse]

Dr Oluseye Oludoye taught us this:
Recycling isn’t optional—it’s essential.
• 1 ton of plastic recycled = 1.5 tons of CO₂ saved
• Waste matters.

I held onto my plastic until I found a proper bin. I saved 1.5 tons of CO₂! 😂
#RecyclingMatters

[TEES: TU Earth & Environmental Science @TeesEarthEnv]

Congratulations Dr. Oludoye & Dr. Rashid! 🎉📷 Your Seedcorn funding for "Mapping the Path to Pesticide-Free Agriculture" is a great step forward! 📷@MehnazLone @soludoye

[TEES: TU Earth & Environmental Science @TeesEarthEnv]

Our Master’s Environmental Management students had a fantastic field trip to Bishop Auckland! 🌿🌍 Exploring mining’s impact on water, soil & biodiversity. 📚✨#Sustainability #Environment #Science #TeessideUniversity @MehnazLone @soludoye

[The British Academy @BritishAcademy_]

We are pleased to announce the recipients of our Early Career Researcher Network Seed Fund Programme. Funded by @SciTechgovuk and @wolfsonfdn, the projects help early-career researchers expand their portfolios and secure future grants. Read more: https://t.co/wVywAu4Ohu

[Agristok @agristok]

📌 33 Full Funded Doctoral Programmes in Plant Sciences🌱 at The University of Helsinki in Finland 🇫🇮... Please share and spread the word! For details visit: https://t.co/6MAw9fxWuW

[Agristok @agristok]

PhD offer! Please retweet the position: If you are interested in studying species interactions in agricultural settings to improve biodiversity friendly and sustainable farming at University of Turku ... via @agristok

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Postdoc is conceptually different from a #PhD position. Below are some key points to keep in mind before starting postdoc.

1️⃣ The harsh reality of being a postdoc:

1. Postdoc is a contractual (not educational) position. Your postdoc duties are defined by your contract & agreement with your advisor.

2. Usually, a contract is given for 1 year and renewed annually. It does NOT offer the same job security that PhD students enjoy. Be prepared to start searching for a new position in 1st year and leave anytime.

3. Postdoc is inherently a position for academia (with a few exceptions like in bio). Often, companies will assume that you’ve chosen an academic track, not industry. They’d rather hire a fresh PhD graduate from the same field than a postdoc. So, your job search outside academia may become challenging, especially if you do fundamental research.

4. If you want to be a faculty, your postdoc may require a lot more efforts than you originally expected, making it the most intense time of your life. Be prepared.

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2️⃣ If you take postdoc because you want to be more competitive for senior academic positions, keep in mind that:

0. Choosing the right lab & advisor is statistically MORE important than simply working hard and publishing papers during postdoc (esp. in the U.S.). However, working with an advisor who can write an excellent recommendation letter does NOT mean that you will also get prepared for a faculty life and become a great scientist. Your advisor should be a good mentor for this.

1. As the competition for faculty positions can easily reach over 1/300 and you have ~1 year before applying for positions, postdoc time often turns into a “race”. The worst part is that hard work does NOT necessarily lead to success.

2. Postdoc is NOT a must for being a faculty. Some students secure professor positions at the end of their PhDs (esp. at the top universities in the U.S.).

3. Postdoc lasts 1-3 years. If you’re a first-year postdoc and apply for faculty positions, committees will be OK with you showing your PhD work during interview. But starting from your 2nd year, they expect you to show successful postdoc results.

4. Some committees expect that a 3-year postdoc should complete as much work as a 5-year PhD student. It’s like a fast-track PhD.

5. Often (esp. in STEM), the expected number of “postdoc papers” is on average 1 paper per 1 year, unless the work is unusually complex. NOT 10 papers/year.

6. Publishing a lot of papers is normally viewed negatively. Coauthoring tens of papers will send a RED flag to the committee. For decent universities, it's (almost always) quality over quantity.

7. Doing a second postdoc is rarely helpful in landing a faculty position.

8. Ideally, postdoc should be in a different field than your PhD. Switching fields is viewed positively and can be helpful in landing a faculty position. But it is much more challenging because your time is very limited but you must do outstanding research. Also, I know many people who didn’t change fields but became faculties nonetheless.

Good luck!

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Oluseye Oludoye @soludoye]

@oviosu @fimiletoks The general public's attitude towards waste management is currently quite low, largely due to the perception that our environment is infinite and can handle any amount of waste we produce. Behaviour change policies are urgently required.

[Oluseye Oludoye @soludoye]

@oviosu @fimiletoks The general public's attitude towards waste management is currently quite low, largely due to the perception that our environment is infinite and can handle any amount of waste we produce. Behaviour change policies are urgently required.

[Lagos Waste REPORTER @LagosWaste]

@oviosu A need for Attitudinal and Behavioral Change in Household Waste Management.

In lagos,luggage/bags of 4 out of 10 people going out early hours contained garbage/refuse.
At every 0.5 minutes at night,over 48,564 people involved in indiscriminate waste disposal in lagos.

[Adesuwa Obasuyi @adesuwagreen]

I, Adesuwa Obasuyi, pledge to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle as my quota #BeatWastePollution and achieve #ZeroWaste.

#WhatHasChanged

[Mark Lubell @EnvPolicyCenter]

Lest you forget. Community is not given to you. You must build community. You must contribute to community, and when others also contribute then your community will thrive. The benefits of community emerge from collective action.

[FAO Chief Scientist @FAOScienceChief]

I'm inviting you to showcase your best innovative proposals, ideas and experiences, which will move the needle for food security.

This is YOUR opportunity.

Be a part of the solution.

Apply here: https://t.co/LYnBlSaz4s

#SIF2022 #AgInnovation

[Nigeria Newsdesk @NigeriaNewsdesk]

Environment: NEITI moves to hold oil companies, miners accountable https://t.co/svATOiYpeu via @todayng

[Dr. Richard Munang @RichardMunang]

Our Urgency of Now to Save the Planet and People https://t.co/nnp99doRyo

[Lagos Waste REPORTER @LagosWaste]

The city of #LAGOS like many cities across the country, faces issues that plague our streets, create health issues, pollute our waterways, and reduce property values. Litter can be found blowing across the streets of Lagos. It's just wrong, and we know that we can do better.

[Gender & Chemicals @GenderChemicals]

Join our next webinar on gender & chemicals in the labour and health sector tomorrow! 👩‍🔬

[ISEE_job @isee_job]

Postdoctoral Research Position in #Environmental #Health and #Biostatistics @HarvardChanSPH https://t.co/lCljvZShDM Will work w/@antozanobetti, @francescadomin8 & Danielle Braun to investigate #airpollution #Alzheimer’s #dementias @IseeSnrn #epitwitter