Faculty interview

Recently I have been preparing for an interview for a faculty position. As usual I watched a lot of videos, read some tutorials, chatted with GPT, and talked to people (to whom I am very grateful).

The most insightful video turned out to be by Wenhao Sun UM. See below. It is about having a solid research vision!

Besides I would highly recommend a youtube channel “Life in academia” of a very positive prof. Matthias Rillig.

P.S. Despite preparation, I have not anticipated even a single question.

Some pictures on preparing my MSCA proposal

While preparing the final report on the past MSCA project, I found some memorable pictures. Here me, my wife and nephew are building a LEGO illustration for the project proposal. Yes, we had some fun while I was thinking about the concept.

The results looks pretty.

Still, as the concept illustration, I draw this figure. Today, I have reused it for the report illustration.

Mascot again

A long time ago a student told me that I am a mascot of the chemistry olympiad. Since then I have graduated, made a post-doc, and after that returned to the olympiad business. It is very touching that the Estonian team named its mascot “Vlad”. Apparently, I am a mascot again.

Mascot Vlad and Hanna-Riia.