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Samvit Menon

Mentors: The only people who matter in your PhD

You don’t necessarily have to get along with your supervisor. Your job is to find a mentor — one who guides you through your initial days…

6 min readJun 17, 2023

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Mentors: The only people who matter in your PhD

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Samvit Menon

The importance of swallowing up your pride: 5 pieces of advice for PhD students.

Beating the challenges thrown at you by a supervisor, you always disagree with

6 min readMay 13, 2023

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Samvit Menon

Making your PhD count

You need the PhD, your supervisor doesn’t.

5 min readMay 7, 2023

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Making your PhD count

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The Mother of Coincidences

The untold story of Nobel Laureate Tu Youyou

4 min readMay 2, 2023

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The Mother of Coincidences

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Samvit Menon

My Godfather Died

And I’m furious.

8 min readApr 28, 2023

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A photograph of Uncle Peter at a street cafe with buildings in the back

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Samvit Menon

4 true stories on why quitting academia was the best choice I made

I read someone saying, “academia isn’t for everyone.” Perhaps. Here’s my take.

5 min readJan 23, 2023

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4 true stories on why quitting academia was the best choice I made

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12 hard-hitting cliched as fuck life lessons: Very tiny tales from my vault

Seriously cliched life lessons!

4 min readJan 22, 2023

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12 hard-hitting cliched as fuck life lessons: Very tiny tales from my vault

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Samvit Menon

Preparing for your PhD interview: 5 DOs (and DON’Ts) to keep in mind

It’s that time of the year again. Interviews for PhD positions. It must be an absolutely nerve-wracking time for you.

4 min readJan 18, 2023

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Preparing for your PhD interview: 5 DOs (and DON’Ts) to keep in mind

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A daring, bold move that defined the rest of my life

Statutory warning: Engineers are NOT going to like this story.

4 min readJan 16, 2023

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A daring, bold move that defined the rest of my life

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1 long-distance relationship.

Make an effort and do things your partner doesn’t expect from you. Be less predictable.

7 min readJan 9, 2023

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1 long-distance relationship.

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Samvit Menon

Samvit Menon

Communications fellow at the Science Foundation of Ireland. Physicist by training, Researcher by experience, Mentor by choice, and Writer by profession

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