Are you interested in a career in academia? Tune in for this episode of PhD Trekkers where Yan interviews Keary Engle, an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at the Scripps Research Institute. Keary discusses his career journey, his approach toward research, mentoring, education, outreach, and how he navigates some of the unique challenges of being an Assistant Professor. Keary also offers advice to other young scientists on maintaining work/life balance, identifying research projects, and staying connected with one's passion for science. Other topics include selecting potential postdoc advisors, setting up a new lab, recruiting graduate students and postdocs as a new faculty member, etc. We even managed to sneak in a few questions about Keary’s adorable dog Hermione and his thoughts on the March for Science!

For more information on Prof. Engle's work:

https://englelab.com/

For more information on the TSRI summer SURF(Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship)Program:

http://education.scripps.edu/undergraduate/surf/index.html

For more information on the Scripps High School Internship Program:

http://education.scripps.edu/community/california/hsintern/index.html

Thank you Kiso Armic and Chill Nation for the awesome music track Kiso -Dream used in this podcast.