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Hi Dante! I've been following your comic for several years and even saw your talk at the Boston ACS meeting! How/when did you decide to pursue teaching and education research? As a graduate student in chemistry gearing up to defend in the next year, I'm weighing my options on what my next step is. It seems like everyone is pushing for a post doc as the most ideal route into academia, was this your impression and path? Did you go into your professorship pursuing education research and, if so, were the institutions your were considering supportive of this?

That's fantastic to hear that you found and institution so supportive of education research! Although you can't talk specifically about the faculty candidates you've seen, do you have any general advice for applying to professorships, either right after graduate school or a post doc? Is there something you think really sets a candidate apart from the rest?