Category Archives: academic life

To Cape Town!

Right, I’m off to Cape Town for an action-packed few days. First, Christie has persuaded me to give a talk at her home University, hopefully followed by a beer or seven – after being beaten over the head with paleomagnetic … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, bloggery, Lusi

Now that’s what I call consistency

This week got off to a cheerful start, with the news that I’ve had my latest paper accepted for publication. This is the second paper that I’ve got into this particular journal, and when I logged into the on-line submission … Continue reading

Categories: academic life

Why geologists only get better with age

Last weekend, I turned 30. I suspect that this circumstance has more than a little to do with the strange mood that has both distracted my thoughts and stilled my keyboard in recent weeks; I usually tend towards the introspective … Continue reading

Categories: academic life

Hydrogeology is hot!

Whilst transferring hemispheres, hydrogeologist Anne Jefferson has kindly provided another of her excellent guest posts. Close your eyes. (OK, maybe keep them open so you can read the rest of this post.) Imagine a geosciences specialty where there are lots … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, by Anne, geology, hydrology

The limits of monomaniacal workaholism

I’ve spent most of the last three days camped in front of a scanning electron microscope, looking at lots of evil iron sulphides. And when I say ‘most’, I really do mean ‘most’. The problem when you want access to … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, in the lab