Rock Your Research with Chris Jones

024: Jennifer overcame her nervous voice during presentation to land an amazing job co-managing multiple programs at the National Science Foundation.

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Jennifer overcame her nervous voice during presentation to land an amazing job co-managing multiple programs at the National Science Foundation.

Jennifer is the co-manager of the National Science Foundation's Petrology and Geochemistry Program and she co-manages the GeoPRISMS Program.

Biggest Struggle
  • She has a wobbly uncertain voice when she gives a presentation.
    • Worst Moment
    • She failed her first round of written exams.
      • Best Moment
      • Having a friend using a separate method actually end up producing a map that ground-truthed her results and vice versa.
        • Mindful Minutes Segment
        • Habit:  Taking good notes!
        • Book:  Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
        • Productivity Tool: To do lists
        • Best Advice:  There is life after grad school and it is different and wonderful.
        • Hobbies:  Biking, baking, and photography.
        • Alternative PhD study:  Marine Biologist
          • Contact Information and Resources
          • Email: [email protected]
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