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with David Mendes, PhD

Career & Life Balance Exploration
for Academics and Graduate Researchers

Inês Campos Costa – Taking the Turn No One Expects

April 2, 2020 David Mendes 1:33:05

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Inês Campos Costa – Taking the Turn No One Expects

April 2, 2020 David Mendes 1:33:05

The biggest entrepreneurs are mothers in underdeveloped countries, figuring out creative and innovative solutions to ensure their families’ sustainability. We use sexy terms associated to tech and industry, but...

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Carine Monat – Construire un chemin qui nous ressemble

March 26, 2020 David Mendes 1:24:27

Vous n’êtes pas un être unidimensionnel. On a tous un intérêt, un penchant, un côté qu’on a mis sur pause ou qu’on cultive quand on peut, dans nos temps...

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James Bowers – Taking the Leap Into Media and Communication

March 19, 2020 David Mendes 1:13:31

We’re all drawn to science and graduate school for a reason. Because we’re good at scientific subjects, because we want to discover new things, because we want to help...

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Valérie Levée – La détermination de tester ses limites

March 12, 2020 David Mendes 1:08:51

Quand on change de domaine, on ressent souvent ce syndrome de l’imposteur, cette sensation d’être comme un cheveu dans la soupe. Et ça peut nous empêcher d’avancer et d’accepter...

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Boîte à outils pour les études doctorales – Mon cheminement

March 9, 2020 David Mendes 0:20:11

Transcription de l’épisode : Bonjour! Aujourd’hui je vous apporte un épisode différent. Aujourd’hui, je vais vous parler de mon parcours – celui qui m’a amené à ce que je...

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Tools for your PhD Journey – My Path

March 5, 2020 David Mendes 0:18:38

Join the Papa PhD Postgraduate Career Exploration Group! Episode Transcript: Hi everyone, today I’m bringing you a different episode. Today I’ll be talking about my path – what brought...

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Francis Etheridge – Le lien entre réalisation et sens de mission

February 27, 2020 David Mendes 1:09:00

Dans cet épisode, vous allez entendre parler de gratitude, de bénévolat, de service, mais vous allez aussi entendre parler de persévérance, de sens de mission et d’entreprenariat. Ces mots...

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Clarissa Wright – Promoting the Intersection Between Science and Art

February 20, 2020 David Mendes 0:54:16

Join the Papa PhD Postgraduate Career Exploration Group! Coming from a specific domain of research doesn’t dictate what your career journey will look like. Your interests, your strong suits,...

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Élodie Chabrol – La passion pour la science et pour la vulgarisation

February 13, 2020 David Mendes 1:18:43

Dans la vie, on peut se faire dire des tas de choses. Entre autres, on peut se faire dire qu’une de nos idées ou qu’un de nos projets est...

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Featured Guests

Inês Campos Costa

Learning & Development | Career Advisory

In her “past life”, Inês was President of the Ethics in Health Committee in the Portuguese Health Parliament and worked in the FMCG and Pharma industries. She has a Master in Medicine and is a Practitioner in NLP and has a strong sense of mission when it comes to helping others identify and fulfill their life and professional goals.

Carine Monat

Journaliste et recherchiste scientifique

Carine aime être dans l’action et dans la rencontre. Le plaisir qu’elle prend à comprendre et à expliquer la science l’ont menée, pendant et après son doctorat, à participer à différents projets en lien avec la vulgarisation scientifique, en radio et à la télé. Aujourd’hui, Carine en a fait sa profession et sa mission.

James Bowers

Science Communicator, Consultant

James loves science and loves teaching. After his PhD, he dove head first into the realm of media production and science communication, where he found his calling. Today, he helps scientists and institutions take ownership of how their science is disseminated and potrayed on the media. This allows him to keep abreast of what’s happening in science while teaching and helping others.

Valérie Levée

Journaliste Scientifique

Valérie aime l’escalade. Elle aime aussi sortir de sa zone de confort et explorer des domaines et des espaces qui ne lui sont pas familiers. Après un long trajet scientifique menant au post-doctorat, elle a décidé de plonger dans le milieu de la rédaction et du journalisme scientifique, dont elle fait aujourd’hui sa profession.

Francis Etheridge

Consultant, Chercheur

Francis veut aider les gens âgés en soins adaptés depuis longtemps. Cet objectif l’accompagne depuis son baccalauréat et il l’a suivi jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Pour en faire sa profession, il a fait des études, rejoint des gens dans le domaine et a tracé un parcours académique qui l’a outillé en conséquence et a développé des collaborations avec des chercheurs du domaine.

Clarissa Wright

Science Journalist, Chief Editor

Clarissa has had an artistic vein since a young age. The calling of nature and the great outdoors led her to studies in geology and microarchaeology. Eventually, she found her way into the science publishing space where she acquired skills in editing and writing. Today, amongst other things, she is chief editor of an online magazine deling with the intersection of science and art.

Élodie Chabrol

Communicatrice Scientifique

Élodie est une communicatrice. Et elle est passionnée par la science et sa vulgarisation. Avec un doctorat et des recherches postdoctorales en neuroscience, sa vie professionnelle a pris un tournant quand elle a reçu un courriel à propos d’un festival de vulgarisation scientifique. Depuis, elle met à profit ses talents en matière de communication scientifique au service de la communauté et de la connaissance.

Paulo Oliveira

Researcher, Science Communicator

Paulo’s scientific passion is mitochondria. Ever since he fell in love with the organelle cell’s powerhouse, he not only focused his research on it, but eventually went on to start a business around it, too. And today, he’s topping all of that up with a series of science outreach initiatives where he brings knowledge about mitochondria and his research to the community around him.

Testimonials

“In my continued search for new science podcasts, I happened upon Papa PhD, hosted and produced by its creator David Mendes. This podcast has wonderful interviews with those who’ve completed their PhD’s where they talk about what brought them to the path they are currently on in their career. When it comes to thinking about networking and thinking outside the box as far as next steps after your PhD program, this is the podcast to subscribe to.”

Suzanne C. Miller – Managing Editor, Integrative & Comparative Biology

Welcome To Papa PhD

with David Mendes, PhD

Career & Life Balance Exploration for Academics and Graduate Researchers

Latest Episodes

Featured Guests

Testimonials

Career & Life Balance Exploration
for Academics and Graduate Researchers