Once again, summer has blown by. It was reasonably productive for me - I got some papers submitted (and resubmitted), and also submitted the CAREER. I visited Seattle, Charlottesville, and Denver. Things were not perfect; I let work creep in when it shouldn't have. I didn't start planning my course until very recently. But I've also had some good moments.
In any case, I am here and it is now. I sit on the cusp of my final full year on the tenure track before I need to submit my package. In some ways, I've been more successful than I thought I would be, especially in getting grant funding. In other ways, I have not quite gotten where I want to be yet, especially in publishing papers that I am leading. That has proven to be difficult.
So I will just lay it all on the line this school year. I am going to get started soon, and submit at least 4 papers before the year's end. Especially in (1) IPF, (2) AHTF, (3) DNA nanoswimmers. This will get me started toward my life's work: to use my scientific training and intelligence to develop engineering solutions that help us address climate change and disease.
I pledge to start an aggregation of small improvements. Starting with writing from 9-10 in the morning, every day, during the school year. No phone. Door closed. No email.
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