Lakoni: on becoming and continuing to be
Recently, I found myself thinking about what I am going to do after my PhD. At first, I treated it as a practical problem to solve. Should I stay in academia?
Things I wrote down
Research, code, places, and whatever stayed on my mind long enough to become a page.
Study Abroad Series: Beasiswa S2 dan S3 di Austria
Waktu orang mulai kepikiran studi ke Austria, pertanyaan soal beasiswa hampir selalu muncul paling awal. Masuk akal sih. Tapi masalahnya, Austria itu bukan negara dengan satu skema besar yang bisa diringkas …
When your family’s survival is the reason you’re in science
I grew up in a place where dreams were not something people chased. They were something people learned to live without. My childhood was shaped by routines that revolved around staying afloat, keeping up in …
Where should we plant mangroves?
For years, discussions about mangrove restoration along the Indonesian coastline have been guided more by intuition than investigation. We hear familiar claims repeated almost with ritual certainty: mangroves …
Benarkah minat baca orang Indonesia itu rendah?
Setiap kali ada pembahasan soal literasi, kita sering disuguhi kalimat klise yang menyebuth bahwa minat baca orang Indonesia itu rendah. Narasi ini berulang kali muncul, kadang sampai ada yang menyebut …
Let's talk about my undergrad era, one of the best time in my life
I once gave a presentation in the middle of a forest. Another time, I hiked up a volcano with a powerpoint file on my phone, hoping the signal wouldn’t fail. I’ve done assignments at the beach, squeezed in …
Ketika kata 'pengabdian' menjadi tameng eksploitasi
Di banyak organisasi sosial dan komunitas pendidikan, kata “pengabdian” sering banget diangkat sebagai nilai utama. Kesan yang muncul itu positif, penuh semangat kebaikan, dan bikin kita pengen ikut terlibat. …
Jam karet: Why are we so chill about being late?
So here’s something that’s been bugging me for a while. I grew up in Indonesia, and like many of us, I got used to events nwver starting on time. Family gatherings, meetings, hangouts with friends, there’s …
R tutorial series: Choosing color for data visualization
A practical guide to categorical, sequential, and diverging color palettes in R, with visible swatches and reproducible ggplot2 examples.
R tutorial series: Analyzing bacterial growth from OD600 data
This article will include code chunks on how I analyze bacterial growth of OD600 data
