Career Development Plan

Through delivery of StrucRadiation and with help from the host lab and institution, I will refine my project management skills, and gain insight into further development I may need in future academic endeavors. I will seek support and advice on project implementation and financial management of StrucRadiation from the Research Services and Career Development department at UNIVIE. I will take the opportunity to attend training events offered by the host institution, including “Development of externally funded project”, “Project Management” and “ERC project proposal writing”.During the course of StrucRadiation, I will deliver regular oral presentations on my work and scientific areas of research pertinent to StrucRadiation. I will present at lab meetings, journal clubs, departmental seminars and international conferences, and will take advantage of the vibrant network of leading centers in evolutionary biology across Vienna, EvolVienna (http://www.evolvienna.at), which will improve my networking skills and provide me with a wider forum in which to develop my communication skills. I will take advantage of the courses the host institution offers, such as “Teaching in higher education” and “Public Engagement”, and I will liaise with the Communication Department at UNIVIE to receive assistance with communication tools such as writing press releases. I will contribute to the teaching program of Prof. Paun at UNIVIE, with a guest lecture each year on structural variation and adaptive radiation, and I will contribute to practical courses dealing with on RNA-seq and structural variation. Finally, I will gain mentorship experience co-supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the group, especially those working with comparative genomics. Importantly, I will co-supervise together with Prof. Paun a PhD student (Teerna Khastgir, start of PhD Oct 2021) that works on population genomic analyses in New Caledonian Diospyros.