Thread by @GinaMChaput

(1/n) W/ morning coffee, my thinking gears are moving a bit faster than usual --> I have a career question: I have a plan in my head of how I eventually want to get to my future research statement plan as a PI (postdoc right now)... But there's a lot of transitions 🧵

(2/n) Undergrad I worked w/ algae/biofuels & interned w/ the EPA looking at coastal eutrophication/eel grass/climate change.... Transitioned during PhD working with anaerobic bacteria/lignin for biofuel/biomaterial applications purposes

(3/n) at the end of my PhD I realized I wanted to eventually shift back to coastal eutrophication/climate change & #eelgrass microbiome ... But I lack the omics skills and my thesis wasn't really ecology... So current postdoc is focusing on what I lacked looking at plant/fungal

(4/) interactions & I'm learning a lot - which is great! So my career question is sort of 2 parts. First, not sure if a 2nd postdoc is needed to get more of a marine experience since I lack that (so I'm leaning yes at some point down the road)

(5/n) and second, my concern is that with every shift I'm entering into a new circle of researchers ... I have to start over w/ networking (and keep in contact w/ those that have been awesome along the way!) with COVID that is harder & I'm worried that by the end of my

(/n) plan... from the outside perspective my actions might look all over the place & moving around too much will make it tough to establish myself/convince people to hire me as a TT. Thoughts? #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #postdoc #postdocappreciationweek