EP 20 - Pursuing a Life in Academia

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Pop Your Cultural Cherry

Lawin

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From making friends in Europe to seeing snow for the first time; The Pop Your Cultural Cherry podcast aims to give listeners a unique perspective on life in Europe with an Asian/Filipino twist.

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From making friends in Europe to seeing snow for the first time; The Pop Your Cultural Cherry podcast aims to give listeners a unique perspective on life in Europe with an Asian/Filipino twist.

Personal Journals

Society & Culture

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EP 20 - Pursuing a Life in Academia

Pop Your Cultural Cherry

27 minutes 18 seconds

4 years ago

EP 20 - Pursuing a Life in Academia

The life of a academic researcher is not a life for everyone. In this episode we talk to Li-Yen Wong, who is originally from Malaysia. She later on finished her education and got her PhD in Australia, before moving to Maastricht in the Netherlands for her Postdoctoral research.

Li talks about her journey in pursuit of her career. She explains how having an Asian tiger mom shaped her to who she is today and how different the life in academia is in Australia and the Netherlands. Lastly, Li shares tips on how, she has successfully rebuilt her social life in a her new home.

You can find Li on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-yen-wong/ . She also mentions a couple social groups that she is a part of: https://girlgoneinternational.com/ and https://www.pintofscience.nl/

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