Jorge Cham, with comic strip characters (Jorge Cham) (Courtesy, Jorge Cham) Jorge Cham (center) "My brother said he always thought there should be [a comic strip] about grad school, because that's when the real pain begins." -Jorge Cham Jorge Cham is not a Nobel laureate, but the popularity of his keynote lectures and his following in the scientific world are enough to make even the most distingu...
Archaeology dig in the U.K. Credit: Oxford Archaeology East "The money is not brilliant, and sometimes the job security isn't there, but I wouldn't do anything else. I couldn't just sit in an office." --Chris Faine To Chris Faine, "bringing the past to life" sounds like a "dreadful" cliché. Nevertheless, it's what he does every day as a specialist in animal bones at Oxford Archaeology East, a com...
João Ricardo Gonçalves João Ricardo Gonçalves The UT Austin-Portugal Ph.D. program "gives me opportunities [to] not only improve my mathematics but also work in both universities with great mathematicians." --Rafayel Teymurazyan. Three new collaborative programs between U.S. and Portuguese universities offer master's- and Ph.D.-level training opportunities in engineering, computer science, mathem...
Mushrooms (Jon Mitchell) "There are numerous options for mycologists in [agriculture], and the same can be said for the health sector or applied fields where fungi cause problems and spoilage in produce or reduce the quality of life." --Pedro Crous Martin Bidartondo discovered mycology as a teenager in his native Uruguay when he saw an illustration of a root covered with fungi in a botany book. "...
