Vicki M. Zhang
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Chasing polar bears and northern lights
My first week doing fieldwork in Churchill!
Aug 8, 2021
4 min read
PhD
Top three questions I get about running
I love running. I also participate in more strength-based sports (weight lifting and dragon boat), and have a lot of competitive teammates who are always trying to be stronger and/or faster. Because of this, I also get a lot of questions about running.
Feb 13, 2021
7 min read
athletics
Originally documented on Notion
Book Review - Superior
I read
Superior
by Angela Saini in the summer of 2020, during the BLM movement sweeping the globe while the pandemic raged on. Here’s the review I wrote the EEB Quarterly (Volume 3, Issue 1)
Jan 25, 2021
5 min read
PhD
,
books
Originally documented on Notion
Read the EEB Quarterly issues here
Race and Racism in Science and Academia
This past Thursday, Sophie B. and I co-led a lab meeting discussion about race and racism in academia with our labs. Following the discussion, we are sharing all the resources that we have gathered in hopes that it might be useful to others who want to lead a discussion.
Jul 6, 2020
19 min read
PhD
,
academia
Originally documented on Notion
How I used blogdown and Hugo to set up a personal static site
All you need is blogdown and RStudio, GitHub and git, Netlify, and a lot of patience.
May 24, 2020
15 min read
meta
Originally documented on Notion
My first international conference took place at home
Here are some thoughts on attending IALE-NA 2020, and some more thoughts about virtual conferences.
May 14, 2020
8 min read
PhD
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conferences
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undergrad research
Project
To run or not to run?
It all started when I joined my elementary school’s track-and-field team and now I am running multiple long-distance races each year.
Apr 1, 2020
3 min read
athletics
I play table tennis!
You may know of ping pong as a basement sport, but I have been playing table tennis (aka ping pong) competitively since I was 11. I have been involved in table tennis throughout high school and university, for which I have worn many hats.
Feb 28, 2020
2 min read
athletics
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