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Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

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@ChloetheScientist Europe Featured Travel

Innovation in Norway

@ChloetheScientist Featured Travel United States

Discovered at Microsoft

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Get Involved in Undergrad Research

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How to Read a Scientific Paper

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Why I Chose a Science Major

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How to Apply for Graduate School in the Sciences

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How to Ace Graduate School Interviews

So you got through the applications and the excruciating waiting time, and you just received the email to schedule an interview with the graduate school program! Congratulations! We are going to quickly walk through how you can prepare yourself before …

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April 27, 2020November 17, 2020
America Travel United States

White Water Rafting

On a whim, I accompanied one of my friends to Pennsylvania for the weekend to partake in some fall activities (since we don’t really have fall in Miami). We arrived early Saturday morning, and had to drive straight from the …

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October 12, 2019April 7, 2020
America Travel

The Black Hills

Day 1 – Mount Rushmore and Setting Up Camp Mount Rushmore The Black Hills trip is a continuation of my Badlands road trip. The Badlands are only ~2 hours away from the Black Hills, making it a super quick jump …

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July 19, 2019November 18, 2021
America Travel

Getting Blown About the Badlands

Hello! I recently went on a week-long road trip with my dad through South Dakota. I have separated it into two blogs, this first is about the Badlands and the second about the Black Hills (you can find it here). …

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July 17, 2019April 1, 2020
Europe Travel

The Oslo Fjords

The last leg of our Europe trip was visiting some friends in Norway! It was a relaxing time and we spent half of the time with our friends and the other half in Oslo. Since it was pretty low key, …

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June 15, 2019April 3, 2020
Europe Travel

Celebrating National Sweden Day in Sweden

I had a short 2 day trip in Sweden that just so happened to coincide with National Sweden Day! Day 1 – Gamla Stan Navigating the trains We arrived in Sweden in the early morning of June 6th excited to …

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June 8, 2019April 3, 2020
Europe Travel

I Spy a Castle!

We arrived at Copenhagen’s airport and the first thing I loved was how convenient the Copenhagen metro system is! While it is expensive (as is everything here) getting the Copenhagen card saved so much time and money because you can …

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June 6, 2019March 24, 2020
Europe Travel

Beer and World War II History: 2 Days in Berlin

The next stop in the whirlwind post-graduation tour around Europe was Berlin for 2 days. We arrived late in the afternoon from the train and decided to spend the evening relaxing before the first full day. We picked up some …

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June 3, 2019April 1, 2020
Europe Travel

Prague in a Day

We arrived late in the afternoon to the place we had booked in the heart of Prague. It was very central in Old Town and right next to a large shopping mall which was perfect because there was a grocery …

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May 31, 2019November 18, 2021
America Travel United States

4 Days in Las Vegas

We set off for Las Vegas from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul international airport after our friends Jess and Lucas joined us from Wisconsin. We arrived late at night and checked in at the Flamingo hotel. It was quite cheap to stay …

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January 4, 2019September 10, 2019

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Clearly we haven’t stretched in a bit 😂 Clearly we haven’t stretched in a bit 😂
Day 3 becoming a #teainfluencer @teaism #dc tea in Day 3 becoming a #teainfluencer @teaism #dc tea influencer or tea-fluencer? ⬇️
Lab managers, this one’s for you 👩‍🔬 @corning_life Lab managers, this one’s for you 👩‍🔬
@corning_lifesciences has teamed up with Fisher Scientific for Corning Days — a month of promotions on lab essentials.

Want the deals? Check the link in my bio - and snag some deals before it ends on March 31st! #Ad #CorningDays #LabOrdering
A well overdue PhD recap ❤️‍🩹 Inspired by @jeffta A well overdue PhD recap ❤️‍🩹

Inspired by @jefftao_ 🤩 the reason I made this account was to make being in science less scary. And for a while I thought talking about the negatives that happened to me in academia would be the antithesis of that. But watching Jeff share his journey reminded me sometimes the thing we need is to just see - yes it’s tough - but we can also make it through ❤️‍🩹🤗🫶

When I was going through the worst of it, I didn’t know how I would ever get back to enjoying science again. I didn’t see a way out except leaving science altogether. And for sure there’s still days where this hits hard, I feel like an imposter because I left academia. I sometimes feel like a fraud for still wanting to learn and share and enjoy science when I’m not attached to some prestigious institution. 

But I refuse to let a supervisor or toxic workplace strip my joy for science because they want me to take away my shine. I believe that academia can change. And we have to advocate for ourselves to make that change happen. 🫶

#phdjourney #scicomm #academia #reformingacademia #womeninscience
I was invited to see how teams across Microsoft ar I was invited to see how teams across Microsoft are bringing together AI, research, and responsible innovation to improve care delivery, expand access, and accelerate research and breakthroughs. Come with me as I learn what they’re building. @msft_research #MicrosoftPartner
Day 2 of becoming a #teainfluencer so I can get in Day 2 of becoming a #teainfluencer so I can get into my dream afternoon teas like @folgerlibrary 😍 #tea #spillthetea
Day 5 women (in science) history month - Dorothy C Day 5 women (in science) history month - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin 

Tune in all month long as I share some of my favorite #WomenInScience 31 days, 31 women - slightly behind because CapCut deleted all my edited drafts 😭😭 but we are getting back on schedule!

 #scicom #WomensHistoryMonth #womeninstem #Science
The same man who DM’ed me wondering why I’m postin The same man who DM’ed me wondering why I’m posting about International Women’s day had a previous comment saying “you don’t look like a scientist” 🙄 answering your own question there mister!!!

My mass response to all the DMs asking why we are still celebrating International Women’s day or Women’s history month 😘  #byefelicia 

Ngl man me looks pretty good 😂 #ai filter was used 

Also credit to @madelinwhitee who did this first with the engineering trend had me actually laughing out loud so wanted to recreate 🫶🤗💞 
 
#scientist #scicom #thisiswhatascientistlookslike
Is science subjective? Ok I just had a bucket li Is science subjective? 

Ok I just had a bucket list moment - I moderated a panel with @asc_scicomm about how scientists can learn science communication skills!! 🤩🫣🫶

With two experts in the field Dr. Jeanne Garbarino (@rockefelleruniv @rockedu_ ) and Dr. Nicole Lee (@arizonastateuniversity ) we talked about so much great stuff.  One of the most -wow- moments for me was subjectivity vs objectivity when talking about science research.

Sharing here because really curious about people’s thoughts! 🤗🙌⬇️

Also there were so many amazing Scicom resources I started a Google doc with them all (linked in bio!)

#scicom #sciencecommunication #scienceresearch #dei #subjectivevsobjective
Happy International Women’s day 💞🙌 FOR ALL MY BAD Happy International Women’s day 💞🙌

FOR ALL MY BADDIES BREAKING STEREOTYPES THIS IS FOR YOU!!!🫶✨🙌🤩

We celebrate the women who came before us, the women building the future, and the girls who will go even further.

And to the supporters helping make the world more equal for women and girls — thank you.

✨ Tag a woman who inspires you
📩 Share this to celebrate the women in your life
🔬 And if you’re a woman in science — the world is better because you’re in it 🤩🙌💞

#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM #womeninscience  #STEMinist #WomenInResearch
Day 4 women (in science) history month - Wangarĩ M Day 4 women (in science) history month - Wangarĩ Maathai 🌳 🤝 

Sorry CapCut deleted all my video drafts so I’m playing catch up re editing 😫 

Tune in all month long as I share some of my favorite #womeninscience 🤗 31 days, 31 women 💥 #scicom #womenshistorymonth #womeninstem #science
Day 1 becoming a Tea-Influencer so I can get into Day 1 becoming a Tea-Influencer so I can get into my dream afternoon teas!! @folgerlibrary 🙏 ☕️ 

my CapCut crashed on me last night and so I had to redo my editing for this argh!! 

#afternoontea #dcafternoontea #folgerlibrary #teainfluencer #ilovetea
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