Author Archives: kchiou

You can post to your blog via email!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by kchiou

If successful, this marks my first post submitted via email. On Friday, I leave for Kafue National Park, Zambia, where I will be monitoring baboons for a six-week period. Chances for electricity and internet are slim. Possible, but slim so … Continue reading →

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You can learn a lot from a cab driver

Posted on January 14, 2011 by kchiou

One of the perks of being a graduate student is the ability to claim to your non-student friends and family that you are both employed and on vacation two full weeks into January. Of course, vacation is a subjective term–the … Continue reading →

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Advisor at Work

Posted on January 14, 2011 by kchiou

For those of you visiting this site for the Tiputini and Ecuador-related posts, be sure to check out the Scientist at Work blog at the New York Times, where Anthony Di Fiore, my undergraduate advisor, is now contributing. I was … Continue reading →

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A Christmas update

Posted on December 25, 2010 by kchiou

I am writing these sentences from the Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, a small while after witnessing a pilot buy breakfast for everybody in sight at the airport Dunkin Donuts. It’s truly Christmas Eve at the airport terminal and … Continue reading →

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8 tools no graduate student should go without

Posted on August 31, 2010 by kchiou

My first class in graduate school begins tomorrow, so I will keep this brief. I wanted, however, to quickly share 8 tools that I cannot live without and that  I can only imagine will make life easier for not only … Continue reading →

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