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Questions concerning relationships and dealing with problems between people.
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Dealing with suspects of sabotaging experiments
That would be the time for the PI to call a meeting with A and B and have a conversation among adults. Topics to be discussed are: If A has a grief with B, she needs to be specific and put it on the t …
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Supervisor doesn't give me a chance to contribute more and gives himself first authorship, h...
Well, so let me phrase it this way: Your professor had the original idea (which you then fleshed out and executed) and then did the most difficult parts of the writing. I typically see that what stude …
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First author doesn't want a co-author to read the whole paper
There is a golden standard (codified in the Vancouver Recommendations on authorship) that every author individually vouches for the correctness of the entire paper. In other words, you can't ask a co- …
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How should I respond to a worrying email from an ex student?
Campus police is in charge of keeping everyone on campus safe -- both from other members of the university as well as people outside the university. They're your first point of contact, and if the ema …
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How to respond to "you must be reviewer #X of my paper!"
My answer would probably what I really believe to be true:
Nothing good can generally come by thinking too hard who a specific reviewer might have been.
That's true, and it's also a deflection. Anyo …
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Is there a lack of oversight of how professors interact with students?
The question makes a salient point, namely why it keeps happening (to whichever degree) even though everyone knows that it happens.
I think there are two answers to this question:
Professors don't …
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Seeking a permanent job during a postdoc in a different country/continent: official and mora...
Postdoc advisers understand that postdocs are temporary, and that their goal is to find a permanent position. If such a position comes along -- at times we cannot always predict -- then we're generall …
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Problem with undergraduate research supervisor, how to proceed?
You correctly identified (i) that the solution is to communicate, and (ii) that the problem is that the grad student might be inexperienced in advising students, though probably qualified as far as th …
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My supervisor is suggesting implementing an idea that they previously rejected
The universal answer to most questions on this forum applies to your case as well: "Talk to your adviser".
You suggested a method a while ago, he thought it wasn't good, now he's changed his mind. Rea …
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How to respond to a student email demanding quick feedback?
I've gotten these sorts of emails many times over my career, as I'm sure pretty much every teacher has. My solution -- with students, as with other things in life -- is to just not take them personal …