Career Thoughts Over Coffee

By Dr. Akram Al-Wahabi

Career Thoughts Over Coffee is a podcast about how people actually build careers—across science, academia, industry, media, and entrepreneurship.

Hosted by Dr. Akram Al-Wahabi, a dentist-scientist, sc... more

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Career Thoughts Over Coffee episodes:

November 28, 2022 021 Getting Bullied into a PhD program?
Welcome to another installment of No BS BTS of Ph.D. life (I mess the name up during the podcast, sorry about that).
Today I bring you another story from Reddit. The Redditor mentions being bullied by the supervisor and, on top of the bullying, being asked to join the Ph.D. program? can you believe it? Weird, right?
Link to the Reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/p83j5y/whats_the_craziest_shit_that_happened_to_you_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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19min
November 21, 2022 020 How PhD changes you - Dr. Citra Kusumasari
Today I interview Dr. Citra Kusumasari who is a lecturer in the department of conservative dentistry at the University of Indonesia. She got her Ph.D. from TMDU in Japan before moving back to Indonesia and continuing her career in Education.

Dr. Citra Contact:
https://www.instagram.com/citra_kusumasari/
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34min
November 14, 2022 019 Why am I broke? I have a PhD! doesn't that mean anything?
Welcome to another episode of the ScienDist Podcast, today we talk about how to avoid being broke for a long time after finishing your Ph.D.
You love science, and that’s a good thing, but you gotta be ready for what life throws at you.😉
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16min
November 05, 2022 018 💩 positions - NO BS behind the scenes of Ph.D. Life
There are many difficult situations that Ph.D. Scholars face. This segment aims to assist Ph.D. Scholars avoid these situations whenever possible.
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11min
October 10, 2022 017 Communicating science with HipHop - Mr. Maynard Okereke (HipHop MD)
Today's guest is Mr. Maynard Okereke. He graduated with a civil engineering degree but chose science communication as a career path, and at least in my opinion, he made such a great impact by making science so relatable and fun.
Mr. Maynard's contacts:
https://www.hiphopscienceshow.com
https://www.instagram.com/hiphopscienceshow/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maynardokereke/
[email protected]
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45min
September 26, 2022 016 Why is Japan a dream place to work for civil engineers? - Dr. Mauro Simao
Today, our guest is Dr. Mauro Simao. He got his Civil Engineering bachelor's degree from the High Institute of transportation and communications back in Mozambique and his master's and Ph.D. from Kobe University in Japan. He is now working with Vector Renewables Japan as a technical advisor.
Dr. Mauro Simao's contacts:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauro-ricardo-sim%C3%A3o-5807624a/
Email: [email protected]
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57min
September 12, 2022 015 Dr. Sherif Adel - Balancing science and art
Today, our guest is Dr. Sherif Adel. He got his bachelor's and masters from Cairo university in Egypt. He moved to Japan in 2017 for his Ph.D. studies. He just finished his Ph.D. studies, and I thought it would be a cool idea to interview him. He published various scientific publications and sequential art projects in Egypt, Lebanon, and Japan.
Dr. Sherif Adel's contacts:
https://twitter.com/Barbatoze
https://www.barbatoze.com/
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45min
August 15, 2022 014 Dr. Thilina Heenatigala - From astronomy to science communication
Today, our guest is Dr. Thilina Heenatigala. He is a science communicator with a background in astronomy. He is now the Director of Communications at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo. His story about how he got interested in astronomy and then moved into science communication is quite intriguing. If you watch the interview, you will see how a simple act of promoting science - especially to the younger generation - can make a person become so interested and engaged in the subject that they build their career around it.
Dr. Thilina Heenatigala's contacts:
https://twitter.com/ThilinaH
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thilinaheenatigala/
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1h 15min
July 18, 2022 013 Dr Maryam Alkubati - Letting go of machines (IT) to work with people (social studies)
Today, our guest is Dr. Maryam Alkubati She is a Yemeni Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Specialist with a background in IT and in social studies. She graduated from Universiti Utara Malaysia where she got her Bachelor's degree in Information Technology majoring in Information Management, she got her master's and Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba in Social studies. Dr. Maryam is working as a Researcher and Gender Specialist with Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies and as a Diversity and Inclusion Facilitator with enjoi Japan KK.
Dr. Maryam contacts:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryamalkubati1/
https://twitter.com/Maryooma_mimz
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1h 4min
July 11, 2022 012 Dr. Hani Al Shareif - From carpenting to cancer research
Today our guest is Dr. Hani Al-Shareef Dr. Hani is a personal friend of mine and you can see that he was one of the main reasons I came to Japan. He graduated from Sana University which is the same university I graduated from and got his Ph.D. from Osaka University, He has been researching cancer for almost 10 years now and published many papers in this field. Dr. Hani's story is very interesting and in today's episode, you will hear from him how he started from working as a carpenter to being a researcher in one of Japan's top research universities.
Dr. Hani Contacts:
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hani-al-shareef-406695bb/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/hani3008
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1h 5min

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