tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817425618078186784.post3519362668083692286..comments2023-07-28T03:04:08.277-05:00Comments on The Singular Scientist: Science FansDrDoyennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923421604660796579noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817425618078186784.post-29093737961712451142011-08-23T17:04:42.210-05:002011-08-23T17:04:42.210-05:00I have a fan club too. I even have a fan club pre...I have a fan club too. I even have a fan club prez in Germany, road manager in Italy, and distribution agent in Ohio! I get fan mail constantly from students, postdocs, and profs all over the place, thanking me for writing a (in)famous paper that they distribute often to their students and cover in their classes.<br /><br />I was an invited speaker for a very large conference in another country. I was asked to sign the conference book, asked for pics, asked for advice, also all by women students like your experience. I was quite taken aback the first day. They stopped me in the BATHROOM!, on my way to/from the bathroom!, in the elevator. I even got stopped by a group of women while waiting for a cab on the street outside the hotel! One woman knocked on my hotel door late at night and when she realized I was in my pajamas and slightly sleepy, she apologized profusely, but I told her to come in and we can chat. She had a list of questions she wanted to ask, and I didn't realize it would take a long time (her list was longggg). She asked everything from how to find mentors, how to collaborate on papers and grants, how do I come up with research questions, how do I decide which meetings to go to, who are the good people in the society, which classes to take, and on and on. <br /><br />On the last day of the conference, one of the organizers told me that my talk is what all the students are talking about, and that they said they had never seen a woman give a great energizing talk before on something they work on and know about. I'm still surprised and saddened by this.<br /><br />On Christmas Day, months after the meeting, I got an email from one of the women at the conference. It had a pic of us from the meeting attached. The funniest thing about it is that there were 2 women students in the background (photobomb!) holding up the peace sign and smiling along with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com