… brought to you by Earth System Science (ESS) and Cambridge Climate, Life and Earth (C-CLEAR) DTP students. This is a series of blogs written by PhD students involved in the NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships at Cambridge. They have a diverse range of expertise and research areas, with students from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Cambridge in the following departments: Archaeology, Chemistry, DAMTP, Earth Sciences, Genetics, Geography, Plant Sciences and Zoology.
A variety of conferences take place each year, where groups of scientists working on everything from trilobites to tsunamis, and meteorites to magma chambers get together to discuss ideas and present their research.
This weekend lots of people are jetting off to Vienna for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, a conference which attracts geoscientists from all over the world. These conferences are a great opportunity to present current research, get advice from world-leading experts and to meet with collaborators.
Here’s just some of the work people are involved with this week:
This weekend lots of people are jetting off to Vienna for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, a conference which attracts geoscientists from all over the world. These conferences are a great opportunity to present current research, get advice from world-leading experts and to meet with collaborators.
Here’s just some of the work people are involved with this week:
Networking, a skill we all know is important, but often don’t do enough of. Sometimes it is just easier to stay in your comfort zone and stick with who or what you know. As scientists we can’t afford the luxury of a comfort zone, particularly when trying to present your research to the wider scientific community and beyond. Conferences provide a perfect platform from which … Continue reading