There's perks to going straight to a PhD, like becoming a doctor at 27 😎 This also means I've spent almost my entire 20s in school. But, it's been a wild ride! Countdown begins...! #gradschool #stem #phd #diml #phdlife #academicsky #boricua #phdcandidate #microbephd

Mel @moadlc.bsky.social, a scientist, writer, and artist, brings their many talents to the table as both a personal channel creator @microbephd and as the co-founder of @ciencapatodes (both on Instagram and TikTok). Check out Mel’s science and outreach efforts here:
www.microbephd.com

#GradStudentTravel Day 4: Old Town #phd #phdstudent #phdcandidate #gradschool #gradstudent #academia #science #stem #research #conference #conferencetravel #microbephd #warsaw #tourism #eurosummer #oldtownwarsaw

I can't wait to teach my first class this summer!! 🥺❤️ #summeratbrown #precollege #brown #brownprecollege #stem #scicomm #sciencecommunication #teaching #class #professor #summercourse #microbephd #PhD #phdstudent #phdcandidate #academia #gradstudent #gradschool

I was invited to give a presentation about my thesis at the 1st Advancements of Microbiology conference in Warsaw, Poland! 🇵🇱🦠

I'm so grateful for these wonderful opportunities to represent Puerto Rico abroad ❤️🇵🇷🥺 Can't wait to see what comes next. 👏🏾🔥

#microsky #advmicro25 #scicomm #microbephd

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#GradStudentTravel Day 6: My thoughts on Poland 🇵🇱 #Poland #warsaw #vistula #phd #phdcandidate #phdlife #phdstudent #gradschool #gradstudent #gradstudentlife #conference #stem #science #conferencetravel #warsawa #polish #microbephd

#GradStudentTravel Day 5: Royal Castle Warsaw. The music is Chopin too!! #warsaw #tourism #eurosummer #phdstudent #phdcandidate #gradschool #gradstudent #gradstudentlife #microbephd #phd #warsawa #royalcastle #chopin

Some people have asked me about my process for creating portraits like my #SilencedScienceStories one!

Well, this week's #Substack is about that 🎨🧪✍️

Read here: open.substack.com/pub/microbep...

#scicomm #sciart #microbephd