I am a university professor and a researcher in the US, funded by NIH and NSF, and DOE for 20+ years. I was born in Canada, and was also a professor there until I came here 25 years ago. No one around me is a slacker. The funding system is high stakes and competitive--some would even say stressful. But we do what we love and that's the b…
I am a university professor and a researcher in the US, funded by NIH and NSF, and DOE for 20+ years. I was born in Canada, and was also a professor there until I came here 25 years ago. No one around me is a slacker. The funding system is high stakes and competitive--some would even say stressful. But we do what we love and that's the best life possible. It is a privilege to be supported by society to do what we are passionate about. I love being surrounded by bright young people who are at the beginning of their lives, learning, discovering, being creative. Some of what we do has been picked up by industry in drug discovery (some of my friends worked for Vivek for a while). I do hope that what we do is useful for society. We are not necessarily trying to become rich. We are geeks, and that's what we like to do. Seems like it is a good deal with the US. The current administration hates all this stuff because they want to abolish anything that stands against the fake reality and disinformation that they rely on.
I am a university professor and a researcher in the US, funded by NIH and NSF, and DOE for 20+ years. I was born in Canada, and was also a professor there until I came here 25 years ago. No one around me is a slacker. The funding system is high stakes and competitive--some would even say stressful. But we do what we love and that's the best life possible. It is a privilege to be supported by society to do what we are passionate about. I love being surrounded by bright young people who are at the beginning of their lives, learning, discovering, being creative. Some of what we do has been picked up by industry in drug discovery (some of my friends worked for Vivek for a while). I do hope that what we do is useful for society. We are not necessarily trying to become rich. We are geeks, and that's what we like to do. Seems like it is a good deal with the US. The current administration hates all this stuff because they want to abolish anything that stands against the fake reality and disinformation that they rely on.