Alexander PotashnikovAcademia Is Not DoomedScouring online, I see quite a few columns and videos about the academia being toxic, inefficient and doomed to collapse. And every time…Mar 23Mar 23
Alexander PotashnikovPresenting Your WorkBeing a scientist involves visiting conferences. The sooner you learn to present your work to an audience the better your portfolio will…Nov 7, 2023Nov 7, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovWriting About ScienceOne of the first things you learn as an upcoming scientist is the fact that writing about your work is as difficult as doing the work.Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovOperating Scanning Electron MicroscopeAnd the wonderful details I want to nerd about.Nov 5, 2023Nov 5, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovAnalyses, I hardly new yaHow to approach interpretation of analysis results to save yourself some headache. For STEM students mostly.Nov 4, 2023Nov 4, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovReading PapersThis is a quick introduction to reading scientific papers. Over the last five years I had to learn to read papers on thermodynamic…Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovYour The First Day In The Lab As A StudentChoosing a lab: ques of a good workplace and details to pay attention to.Nov 2, 2023Nov 2, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovDifferences Between Studying For The Job And For ScienceThere are a few key differences I see when talking to someone who went to university with the intention of getting a well-paying job. That…Nov 1, 2023Nov 1, 2023
Alexander PotashnikovThe Good, The Self-Aware And The Terrible TeachersWe interact with teachers since the first day of school and to the last day of university. These are the people we are supposed to learn…Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023
