Trying to Graduate
On a daily basis, I have a handful of tasks to work on in the lab. These days it seems like only a small fraction of these tasks have anything to do with my dissertation. I'm currently doing all these side projects which really interest me, but have little to do with my actual dissertation research. On some level that's okay, but eventually I'm gonna have to cut that out. Most of the time I get involved with these things because they're interesting, or they're a direct progression from my research. For example, I was in a meeting with the licensing office regarding some patent applications that I'm on. The patent office wanted us to put together a Powerpoint presentation for potential investors. I'm having to take off my science hat, and put on my salesman hat instead. Though these patents don't really add anything to my dissertation, it's an interesting side-branch of research: commercialization.
I'm also in the middle of writing a paper these days. Hopefully in a week or so I'll be back in the lab doing experiments again.
