1. Romain Sarremejane (PhD candidate)
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
– Time to move on…
Romain Sarremejane (PhD candidate)

2. Community organization
Ecosystem processes
Community organization
Climate change
Human activities ?
Flow conditions
connectivity

3. … … … How did I get here; almost half way… My PhD 2 years ago 2014
Got 4 years funding from UniOGS
Planned graduation
Research visit Barcelona
Master thesis in Oulu (Syke)
Started 3 research project, abandoned 1
And life goes on … … …
2014
2015
2016
2018
A lot of studies
Start writing my 1st article
1st conference
(Finland)

4. Where am I now after 4 years
Planned graduation
Research visit Uppsala (SE)
Started 2nd and 3rd paper
Started 4th article
Research visit Barcelona (ES)
2nd article published
Conference (ES)
Conf (CZ)
And life goes on
2016
2017
2018
1yr Postdoc
(UK)
Postdoc applications
1st article published
Conference (USA)
Running out of money

5. How does it feel right now? Dealing with the end…
Workload
Exponential function (Wikipedia)
Time

6. The hardships I have faced
Plans have changed (projects aborted)
Deal with rejection (article wise) and doubt
Lost some hair (a bit of stress)
The end comes faster than expected
Novembers

7. The cool stuff It was an amazing experience (not over yet)
It felt like a real job (responsibilities, autonomy)
Internationalisation and collaboration
Good support and supervision
I got lucky to have 4yr full time funding

8. Things to keep in mind Plan it well … plans are always changing
Travel and make it international
Don’t spend your life at the office (relax)
Don’t stay alone, you are not alone…
Try to start planning the end in advance

9. as it’s most likely going to be
After PhD
As I imagined…
as it’s most likely going to be