Thank you for doing this AMA! I am a female ChemE PhD student in my second year. When I applied to grad school, I was strongly considering a career in academia, but have since become very disillusioned about the whole process (I'm very much a product of the "leaky pipeline").
I haven't completely ruled out the possibility of becoming a professor, so I have personal questions for you. My significant other and I have had discussions about getting married, settling down, and starting a family. Between graduate school, several postdocs, and maybe multiple junior faculty positions, how did you find the right timing? What does your husband do and how did he feel about constantly relocating? Lastly, how important is the name game? I have a couple publications with my last name (one in a high-impact journal), and I feel like there is strong pressure to keep that name recognition. Did you keep your maiden name? Did you take your husband's family name? Do you use one professionally and one privately?
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Thank you for doing this AMA! I am a female ChemE PhD student in my second year. When I applied to grad school, I was strongly considering a career in academia, but have since become very disillusioned about the whole process (I'm very much a product of the "leaky pipeline").
I haven't completely ruled out the possibility of becoming a professor, so I have personal questions for you. My significant other and I have had discussions about getting married, settling down, and starting a family. Between graduate school, several postdocs, and maybe multiple junior faculty positions, how did you find the right timing? What does your husband do and how did he feel about constantly relocating? Lastly, how important is the name game? I have a couple publications with my last name (one in a high-impact journal), and I feel like there is strong pressure to keep that name recognition. Did you keep your maiden name? Did you take your husband's family name? Do you use one professionally and one privately?
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