Category: Ag Research

Hey everyone!  I’m Mandy, a Missouri farm girl transplanted to the Washington D.C. metro area and a research scientist for   Read more

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“Mandy, I still remember the first time we got to know each other,” my friend said during a four-hour road   Read more

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Last month, I attended the Postdoc Conference & Career Fair in Bethesda, Maryland.  There were many talks regarding the transition   Read more

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As I finished typing up my Ph.D. dissertation in the spring of 2009, I began exploring non-academic job prospects.  My   Read more

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Resume or CV?

April 21st, 2025 by Mandy Kendrick

Postdoc positions within the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, like many other jobs, have taken a hit with the latest budget   Read more

At the end of your work day, what motivates you to set up that extra experiment, type one more paragraph,   Read more

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Unless you are like my friend Sunny, who does not usually care for the taste of chocolate, then perhaps you   Read more

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Done with the bench…or do you just need a change of scenery instead? At the end of graduate school, I   Read more

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