• Question: Hi! Iā€™m just wondering how many hours a week do you work and what do you study ? Thank you for your time !

    Asked by grey49nah on 6 Nov 2020.
    • Photo: Liudmila Khokhlova

      Liudmila Khokhlova answered on 6 Nov 2020:

      Hi!
      I usually try to keep a regular schedule, working from 10 to 6:30 or 7pm. However, sometimes I need to finish something for a deadline, like a paper for a conference, so I would stay longer. Science can be very demanding, but I try to find a balance.
      I’m mostly interested in biosignals (motion, noise, muscle electrical activity…all that). Recently I started to study artificial intelligence since it gives me another way to process biosignals.
      Thanks for the awesome question šŸ™‚

    • Photo: Danny Hnatyshin

      Danny Hnatyshin answered on 8 Nov 2020:

      In research the amount of hours that I will work will change every week since unlike more normal jobs I do not have a normal work day.

      I think I try and work about 40 hours a week, but that is just a guess since I don’t keep track of it! I work as long as I need to get the job done on time! Some weeks can be very busy (60 hours a week), like when I have to write a report. But, anytime time I have those busy weeks I make sure I take extra days off when I get the chance.

    • Photo: Malgorzata Dabrowska

      Malgorzata Dabrowska answered on 9 Nov 2020:

      Hello grey49nah,

      My work hours are not the same as in the usual work place. I’m almost never working 8h. There is always some experiment to conduct, some paper work to do, some extra documents to fill, some presentation to prepare and then prepare yourself to talk about it etc. It is also flexible time (mostly) so you can work a lot in the morning or evening. I’m a typical owl, so I love to work during my evenings šŸ˜‰ But also being a scientist is very unusual. I wouldn’t call my work “work”. It is my hobby, something that I like to spend time on. I don’t even see passing time many times when I have fun during my “working hours” šŸ™‚ Of course there is also free time and it’s important to remember to make this balance, otherwise science will become only a job.
      I’m a neuroscientist, so I’m interested in brains: how they work, why, what if etc.

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