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How we embarked on a long-distance relationship on behalf of our research career

Many scientist couples move abroad together, but Gidiane Scaratti and Rafael Kenji Nishihora chose to live and work in different countries. This is what they learnt.
  1. Gidiane Scaratti

    1. Gidiane Scaratti is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Technology in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  2. Rafael Kenji Nishihora

    1. Rafael Kenji Nishihora is a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of ABC in São Paulo, Brazil.

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We are Brazilian chemical engineers interested in research careers in academia or industry. Because we’ve chosen these careers, we have spent approximately three years of our eight-year relationship far apart from each other.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00985-1

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  • Correction 18 May 2021: An earlier version of this story gave the wrong years for when Gidiane Scaratti and Rafael Kenji Nishihora earned their PhDs.

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