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Hi Dr. McNeill,

I know it's 2 years too late, but congratulations on your tenure! Only 4 years as assistant professor is very impressive to me.

My question is, did you wait to have kids until after you gained tenure? If so, was this planned?

I am aiming to stay in academia (Biomedical Engineering) and I have a couple tenured role models but the female ones seem to have waited till after they secured tenure to have children. I don't see this for male faculty, without female faculty spouses, as much.

Thank you for this AMA and I wish you the best with all your research endeavors!

Sorry for the confusion! I did not realize that was a possibility.

Thank you for answering, that definitely easies my mind over the whole process of balancing the two!

What level of teaching are you referring to? At the University level that Dr. McNeill is teaching at, you will be hard pressed to find a professor that isn't also conducting research. Gaining tenure in this system is generally based on both research and teaching, with a heavy lean toward research from what I understand.