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How to manage the uncertainty of a remote PhD

Satheesh Kumar has found ways to be productive without ever visiting his supervisor or lab.
  1. Satheesh Kumar

    1. Satheesh Kumar is a PhD student in the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.

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In June 2020, I was offered a PhD position in Australia. The problem was, I live in Singapore, and strict pandemic travel restrictions meant I couldn’t enter Australia. So my supervisor, genetic engineer Rick Liu at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, raised the possibility of me doing my PhD remotely, until restrictions were lifted.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02001-y

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  1. Chuang, Y.-F. et al. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9, 667879 (2021).

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