Life [as a PhD student] is a roller coaster – you just got to ride it.

This podcast was originally published at PhD Career Stories.

 

“Hello and welcome to today’s podcast on PhD Career Stories. My name is Johanna Havemann and I will tell you a bit about my path up until today.

At this very moment, I am in Cape Town, South Africa and will also pass by Nairobi, Kenya next week. Normally, I am based in Berlin, Germany from where I work as a freelance Trainer and Consultant for Science Communication.

Two hearts are beating in my chest: one for science with its thrill of new discoveries – and the other one for human rights and the environment; which implies that I was often torn between volunteer work and research. At some point I came to realize that the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive; I say that as a trained biologist, specified in molecular biology. […]”

Read the full transcript, listen to the complete story here and visit the PhD Career Stories website.

 

Contact PhD Career Stories if you are interested to also share your story as a podcast episode.

 

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