Rock Your Research with Chris Jones

025: Leah overcame failing her first oral proposal defense to find work she loves at NEON

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Leah is the supervising scientist of education and public engagement at NEON. Her research involves remote sensing and data informatics. To learn more about Leah take a look at her profile on the neon website

Biggest Struggle
  • She struggled with time management and work life balance because she worked full time during graduate school.
    • Worst Moment
    • She failed her initial dissertation proposal defense.
      • Best Moment
      • Her defense.
        • Mindful Minutes Segment
        • Habit:  Scheduling and time management
        • Book:  Blogs specifically the rOpenSci blog
        • Productivity Tool: Evernote and Wunderlist
        • Best Advice:  Get out of your bubble and network!
        • Hobbies:  Climbing, hiking, and anything outdoors
        • Alternative PhD study:  Data Science
          • Contact Information and Resources
          • Email: [email protected]
          • rOpenSci
          • Twitter
          • Neon Data skills workshops
          • Data Carpentry
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            Rock Your Research with Chris JonesBy Chris Jones interviews PhDs about graduate school and careers to provide advice to graduate students!