Join Silvia Brizzi (postdoc at the University of Roma Tre, Italy) and Iris as they chat about the phenomenon in academia called "postdoc hopping". It may sound like fun, but not if you have to pack up your bags every 1 - 2 years (or sometimes months). They discuss the uncertainties that come with a postdoc position, dealing with bureaucracy, the joy (and sadness) that comes with traveling to (and leaving) new places, transferable skills you gain as a scientist, and worrying about the future.

(Don’t!) Stalk Silvia: https://twitter.com/sbrizzi88 / https://ig.utexas.edu/staff/silvia-brizzi/

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Resources*:

• Results from the Nature postdoc survey "Postdoc survey reveals disenchantment with working life": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03191-7
• Nature’s career resources for postdoctoral researchers: https://www.nature.com/collections/hjbhfhcece
• Postdoc wellbeing in the Netherlands: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2023.2253833
• Postdoc and mental health: https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletters/33rd-mcaa-newsletter/special-issue-mental-health-academia-problems-postdoc *Note: very incomplete. These are just some suggestions for starting points.

Secret paper: Brizzi et al., 2021 (GRL): The role of sediment accretion and buoyancy on subduction dynamics and geometry. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096266 https://irisvanzelst.github.io/papers/2021_brizzi.pdf

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***** Season 1 ***** Announcement - https://youtu.be/StyunNJ-JzY Trailer - https://youtu.be/vdqvYx_3VYg Ethical fieldwork with Thirze Hermans - https://youtu.be/dofyDP70mZI Switching careers with Leah-Nani Alconcel - https://youtu.be/er0ZwkYK5wg Science communication with Simon Clark - https://youtu.be/hagf8KMnBzE Postdoc Life with Tamarah King - https://youtu.be/qvajLpWI4AM Leadership with Richard Ghail - https://youtu.be/Gnc3GSGjilQ Women in science with Diana Avadanii - https://youtu.be/yiAyNPTqWGs Job applications with Paula Koelemeijer - https://youtu.be/_h9CDL1VhN8

The Science Sisters team: Dr. Iris van Zelst - creator, producer, and host Marina Cano Amoros - video editor Hinna Shivkumar - video descriptions and captions Dr. Fabio Crameri - thumbnails and graphics Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz - logo, music, and graphic design

Season 2 of Science Sisters is partly funded through a 2021 Sharing Science Grant from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Want more of my amazing science? Or maybe silliness and jokes are more your thing? Check out these links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iris_van_zelst Personal webpage: https://irisvanzelst.github.io QUARTETnary - the card game about the geological timescale https://quartetnary.com

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