Unstable Fluid Podcast

In this episode, Thomas and Kat are joined by Meagan Hough, a final year PhD student at the University of Bristol working in Quantum Physics. They discuss Meagan's journey to academia, their experiences being neurodivergent in academia, and their recently published Physics World article.

Meagan's Article in Physics World: https://physicsworld.com/a/unique-minds-why-accommodating-neurodivergent-scientists-matters/

Meagan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quantadragon

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss viscosity - essentially, how fluids stick to themselves - and how some of them behave very strangely!

Ooblek on the space station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDLNsLqS3vE

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss managing your time and mental health as a PhD student or academic. They discuss their own challenges and how they've tried to overcome these.

In this episode, we discuss Spoon Theory and how we and others have found it useful for describing how our brains function and interact with the academic environment. We want to acknowledge the origin of Spoon Theory in the chronic illness community. Read more at the link below.

Spoon Theory: https://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss the many objects in space which appear to be flat and the why and how of this very common phenomenon seen in planets, solar systems, black holes and entire galaxies!

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss networking as an early career researcher and how to handle those early conferences when you know no one.

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss some actual science exploring density and diffusion on human scales and on slightly more astronomical scales too!

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss travelling as academics, and Kat has some big news!

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss academic reading and writing, how to find and read papers, and share their opinions on writing and the writing style of other academics.

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat discuss applying and interviewing for PhDs, then actually talk about fluids!

Video Version: https://youtu.be/ChMlbLczrLs

~~Chapters~~

00:00 - Intro and Hosts have a catch up

06:17 - PhD Interviews

26:55 - PhD Applications

38:35 - FLUIDS!!!

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In this episode, Thomas and Kat have a catch up after launching the pilot last episode, talk about starting out on a PhD and discuss the use of computer code in academia.