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TLP #3 : The power of Mentoring - Harmit Malik

October 19, 2020 • Jonathan Weitzman & Renaud Pourpre • Season 1 • Episode 3

In this episode we talk to Harmit Malik about his origins in India and his path to develop his own mentoring style.

He tells us how he made the switch from chemical engineering to molecular biology thanks to an inspiring teacher and mentor
Harmit tells us lots of stories about how chance encounters with colleagues and mentors have influenced his career and work
He talks about how to search out mentors and how to adapt mentoring styles to the diversity of mentees
Harmit discusses what to look for at interviews and how to discover creativity in the ‘hidden diamonds in the rough’
Harmit describes how he found an international community of scientists on Twitter and how it improved his own mentoring style
He also shares his thoughts about scientific publishing, peer-review and good writing in science

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