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Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

Chloe Kirk, Ph.D.

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@ChloetheScientist Europe Featured Travel

Innovation in Norway

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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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Shout out to my husband for getting roped into 2 y Shout out to my husband for getting roped into 2 years of place card writing 💞 #caligraphy #scicomm #artist
Swag bag but make it science themed!! Thank you s Swag bag but make it science themed!!

Thank you so much to everyone who provided goodies🥰
- @giantmicrobes key chain and plushie
- @discover_echo wooden microscope & pins
- @massbio_ microscope stress ball
- @iambiotech notebook, pen, and charger
- #FlagshippPioneering hat 

P.s. the former NIH director’s memoir is July’s science reads! Stay tuned at the end of the month to cover it together 🤗 #scicomm #sciencesummit #stem #science
First of its kind science brand trip with @biotech First of its kind science brand trip with @biotechtvhq & some of my fav science content creators! 🤩💥🧬👩🏼‍🔬

Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible: @massbio_ @iambiotech @amerchemsociety @corning_lifesciences #FlagshipPioneering 

#scicomm #thisiswhatascientistlookslike #science #stem
Can you bake cookies in your car? Inspired by @a Can you bake cookies in your car? 

Inspired by @alexdainis @museumofscience 

The short answer is yes but only if your car gets to 150F 😬🥵#scicomm #cookingwithchloe #science #sciencebaking
PUBLIC COMMENTS OPEN UNTIL JULY 13! Support scienc PUBLIC COMMENTS OPEN UNTIL JULY 13!
Support science research funding decisions by
ACTUAL SCIENTISTS!!

Public comment section linked in bio #scicomm #Science #scienceresearch #sciencepolicy
The Science Behind the Perfume 🧪💨 Meet Future Soci The Science Behind the Perfume 🧪💨 Meet Future Society’s latest perfume - Wandering Rain 🌧️ 

Did you know the scent you associate with rain isn’t the scent of rain? Future Society partnered with Arcea Labs to dive into the microbiome of rain to capture the notes of rain before it interacts with the environment. 

As an added bonus, one of the notes is the first flush of Darjeeling tea, so not only is there some cool science in there but you can smell like tea too! 

#SciComm #Teafluencer #Science #Ad #PerfumeScience
What’s the difference between Lamarck and Darwin’s What’s the difference between Lamarck and Darwin’s views on evolution? And why haven’t you heard much about Lamarck?

The last couple of months of science reads l’ve been diving into evolution.

The Power of Life by Jessica Riskin: history of Lamarck and evolution. 4/5

The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard
Dawkins examples of Darwinian natural selection at work. 2/5

See my full book review on Goodreads and YouTube! And I dive more into the science here on my latest substack :)

And the DNA plushie assist trom
@giantmicrobes 

#scicomm #sciencereads #booktok #books #evolution
What is the grievance process in grad school? I g What is the grievance process in grad school?

I got a number of DMs about this following up my post about the Harvard Grad Student Workers strike, so thought I’d dive more into the process!

This is very near and dear to my heart. Grad students deserve protections. We are stuck in this messy middle not fully considered employees or students, but also meaning discrimination and harassment can run rampant without clear checks and balances.

This post is mainly to address what we should be asking for (and why unionizing is so good for grad students) but if you are in a sticky situation right now, these are the steps I recommend:

1. Document EVERYTHING. More than just your lab notebook, keep a diary of experiments you did and when. Every time you meet with your supervisor, send a follow up email with what you covered so they can’t change expectations later. Send weekly progress updates. Keep an excel where you log your time. 
2. Speak to the ombudsman early and regularly, bcc’ing them even in your emails and reports
3. If you are unionized, go speak with them right away. Earlier the better. Even if it seems small now, it can get worse fast. 
4. If you are not unionized, go talk to someone at your graduate student government (and genuinely consider starting a union!!)
5. If things are escalating, figure out who you can talk to that will have your back. Committee members? Grad program director? But be careful here, they can always report it back to your advisor
6. The best piece of advice I can give for sticking it out is find passions that excited and motivate you beyond the lab. See friends and family whenever you can. Do not let them win ❤️‍🩹

Finally, if this is of interest to you, I wrote my first ever substack breaking all of this down in more detail. #scicomm #academicreform #science #scienceresearch #phd
Can you tell which batter was rested?? Which do yo Can you tell which batter was rested?? Which do you think, top or bottom?

Putting the science to the test 😉 see my full science experiment on my channel:)

#cookingwithchloe #sciencebaking #scicomm
Do you need to rest your pancake batter? 🥞 I put t Do you need to rest your pancake batter? 🥞 I put the science to the test 😉 

#cookingwithchlpe #scicomm #womeninscience #bakingscience @nytcooking
A step closer to a scalable quantum computer! 💻Mic A step closer to a scalable quantum computer! 💻Microsoft Research announced their Majorana 2 chip - a 1,000-fold improvement of their Majorana 1 chip. 🤯 learn more about the science behind the discovery linked in my bio #DiscoveredatMicrosoft @microsoft
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