PhD DAY IN THE LIFE | lab work at UArizona
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2024
- I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. Put simply, I study how mountains are created. This video records a day in the life of a physical scientist. I share some science, demonstrate a few steps of how we separate dense accessory minerals for geo/thermochronology, and show a little of the action that fills the gaps during a normal day. Please reach out with any geology-related questions and I hope you enjoy the video. My primary goal here is to communicate the beautiful (albeit difficult) process of obtaining a PhD in physical sciences.
My work is part of an interdisciplinary effort to understand the geologic evolution of the Andean mountain belt (TANGO; the “Trans ANdean Great Orogeny”). Funding for this research is provided by the Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES) program and the National Science Foundation (NSF). For more information on the broader work being conducted, see the link below:
news.arizona.edu/story/uarizo...
Chapters:
0:00 Walking to work
2:00 Morning reading
5:45 Intro to density separation
10:35 Visiting Chance & Rob
12:15 Mineral separation continued
13:56 Cosmochronology class
16:25 Wrapping up in lab
19:19 Banquet dinner
20:59 Goodbye
If you would like to support my science communication efforts, I have a Patreon where I share my favorite films, music, books, podcasts, and more: / cadenhowlett . There is an accumulating number of Patron-only TH-cam videos on the platform. Any contribution on Patreon goes directly back into this platform.
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I really just want to say that you really inspired me to continue taking geology as my undergrad and if I can I want to try and go to grad school. I have switched my major so many times now trying to find what I really enjoy and came across a first year geology course as part of my previous major which was marine biology and I fell in love with it instantly. Now watching your videos I am learning so much about what geologists get to do and it really cemented my decision to keep going.
Aiden, your words mean a lot to me. In fact, they represent exactly what I hope for in creating these videos. I appreciate you taking the time to share and I am always happy to answer any questions you have about geoscience and/or education. Stay curious :)
@@cadenhowlett Thanks for responding! Hope you keep making videos!
your videos always make my day!
Very insightful video, very interesting labwork! Thank you for sharing and looking forward to your future content!
Another great video, man! Haha loved the dance sequence! Keep up the good work, and I look forward to reading that paper one day.
Love your videos!
Amazing work, you can't believe how inspiring you were for me. thanks alot.
I just had a question, does the job pay well?
The accessory mineral dance is a vibe 😂
I get some intense interest on things once in a while and now its geology. Like i get really intrested and im thinking if i could go and handle school and stuff. Never gonna happen but now ill watch your videos. 😂 Quite intresting stuff.
take your time and keep exploring things you are passionate about. Let me know if you have any questions about getting into geology!
Love your videos 👏🏻
Love this vlog man, gives me a great insight what it’s like learning geology in uni, you have inspired me to study earth science!
Yo that means a lot. Thanks for watching.
Great video brotha loved the step by step in the Lab
thanks for watching homie--I hope all is well
U look so successful in your field , wish u good luck
That's so cool Caden, I am a 2022 Post graduate in petroleum Geoscience . Have worked on Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry of oil samples as a part of my master's Thesis. Keep uploading the sleeky Geovibes.
Hope your videos will help us know the multidimensional aspects of a phd before hopping onto one.
Excellent!! Thanks for stopping by. Good luck w your thesis :)
top 5 content creator 🔥
Sorry I'm late but You Inspire me, I can not wait to do geology and but a field geologist!
I'm a new subscriber.
Also i like this kind of vlogs about geology.
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yo welcome, thanks for joining. More in the future!
15:18 Exactly that!
your editing is great! :)
Thanks Bebe, fun learning process
chance sound and look like mark rober 😂, love your vlogs big brother.
Hey Caden I really love your videos. I’m going to UOfA online in the spring of 2024 I hope this comment finds you well.
Hi, thanks for watching--hopefully they are helpful! That is cool you will be a part of UA. Let me know if you have any questions entering school.
@@cadenhowlett Thank you. I only getting my bachelors as of right now.
This is so cool, thanks for sharing! Out of curiosity, do you guys have any methods or procedures for detecting radioactivity? For example if you're working with samples in the field, is there any risk of accidentally finding and handling a sample from a deposit of radioactive minerals?
Hi good question. I (fortunately) do not have to work with radioactive samples in the field. That said, there are definitely protocols for dealing with this. For example, I know people who work with rocks that are associated with Uranium deposits (of course, U is super radioactive), so care must be taken when handling these rocks (probably especially relevant when working around mine tailings from abandoned U mines). The rocks I work with and sample in the field also have Uranium but really reallllly tiny amounts (for example, U238 that is trapped inside accessory minerals like zircon and apatite) so no precautions necessary. You just reminded me-my good friend Eytan is doing part of his PhD on Uranium deposits in the western US and he told me a story where he had the back of the truck filled with rock samples and he slept on top of them all HAHA! We joke that maybe all that radioactive decay kept him warm during those cold nights in the field :)
@@cadenhowlett Very interesting, thanks for the detailed response! Good to know the concentrations are too low to pose a risk in your work!
About your friend -- I think even if I understood conceptually that those rocks were safe to sleep on, I might still be a little wary 😆
New vid hopefully soon
I’m in argentina/Chile currently. But u already know I’m stacking clips and gonna have some fire vids coming out in late February. Thanks for watching 🤝
Hi, what's TBE stand for? I found MI in several searches (and that made sense) but nothing for TBE! Thanks
Acetylene Tetrabromide. Density of 2.97 g/cm³
@@cadenhowlett ooooh, TetraBromoEthane! Thanks!
Are there some special reasons, the geo lab with no windows?
No special reason, it is just because our office is on the inside of the hallway, rather than outside against the windows. We luv our office
Caden, what's Wyant like? Do you know of any TH-cam channels re Wyant?
Hey John, I do not know what Wyant is. Feel free to expand and I'll let you know if i have any information.
lab code was 38328
The guy at 11:14 looks pretty dodgy
the guy is an absolute derelict