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and a possible back-up plan, too
Jan. 15th, 2020 10:03 pmSo, I don't recall if I told you guys that, after working on it I finished my project proposal for the Full time, fully-funded, move-to-Durham Doctoral Studentship (DDS). I had been working on it since pretty much Christmas, and, by the final few days was working 8 to 14 hours a day on it (which is why I haven't been posting much). I turned in on Monday.
( details about the procedure from here on that application )
Monday evening I saw an ad for a job at the University of Umeå (a city located three hours south of here, and where a very high percentage of my closest SCA friends happens to live): Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry focused on Inorganic Geochemistry.
This ad caught my eye, since geochemistry has been a huge part of my research ever since I started my PhD project, in 2005. However, I also wondered a bit--in the kinds of geology I normally do, no one ever says "inorganic geochemistry", that would be kinda redundant--we are talking about the chemical reactions that take place at extremely high pressure and temperature where new minerals are growing.
But, of course, the kind of geochemistry I do isn't the only kind out there. Indeed, geologists who try to discover petroleum are even doing organic geochemistry, so I understand why they need to specify "inorganic" if they are the "inorganic chemistry" research group of the chemistry department.
( more details about my initial reaction to the job ad, and the tale of finding more information )
So this afternoon I went from "Gee, I don't know if I should even apply, they are doing stuff too far from what I am interested in" to "gee, I am excited to apply, if this guy is interested in collaboration I hope he replies tomorrow, as it would make a huge difference. The application deadline is 24 January, so there isn't so much time to try to put together a good proposal.
However, I have one local potential source of help with my application. I mentioned to one of my friends about the job ad, and where, and which department, and she replied "My dad used to work for Umeå university in the inorganic chemistry department". So I will be joining her family for dinner on Friday to discuss it with him.
( details about the procedure from here on that application )
Monday evening I saw an ad for a job at the University of Umeå (a city located three hours south of here, and where a very high percentage of my closest SCA friends happens to live): Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry focused on Inorganic Geochemistry.
This ad caught my eye, since geochemistry has been a huge part of my research ever since I started my PhD project, in 2005. However, I also wondered a bit--in the kinds of geology I normally do, no one ever says "inorganic geochemistry", that would be kinda redundant--we are talking about the chemical reactions that take place at extremely high pressure and temperature where new minerals are growing.
But, of course, the kind of geochemistry I do isn't the only kind out there. Indeed, geologists who try to discover petroleum are even doing organic geochemistry, so I understand why they need to specify "inorganic" if they are the "inorganic chemistry" research group of the chemistry department.
( more details about my initial reaction to the job ad, and the tale of finding more information )
So this afternoon I went from "Gee, I don't know if I should even apply, they are doing stuff too far from what I am interested in" to "gee, I am excited to apply, if this guy is interested in collaboration I hope he replies tomorrow, as it would make a huge difference. The application deadline is 24 January, so there isn't so much time to try to put together a good proposal.
However, I have one local potential source of help with my application. I mentioned to one of my friends about the job ad, and where, and which department, and she replied "My dad used to work for Umeå university in the inorganic chemistry department". So I will be joining her family for dinner on Friday to discuss it with him.
