42 min
S2E7 Victor Yim SGNZ - Sci Grad New Zealand
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Dr Victor Yim completed his PhD in Chemistry in the University of Auckland. He went through the Medicinal Chemistry undergraduate pathway which lead to peptide research. After his university life, he went on to become a researcher at Snowberry NZ where he works with novel ingredients and formulation for skin-care products.
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Credit
Logo: Denny Lee
Intro: "Cali" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-cali-1171/?fbclid=IwAR0yGsfL9GEURuj4VpzFIUKdXmmH1Pik3YxUokmsKJ1QLNQdaPJC-HKsNsg)
Outro: "U Said It V13 Soundcloud" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-u-said-it-v13-souncloud-1167/?fbclid=IwAR0tQaXzxiON3LN9hmMY14hZlVSafDuz8T3DIXfDBoKttlnEdpnTK9shyag)
Time Stamps:
1:43: First question: what got you started on science?
2:03: The deeper you get into science, the less certain things are.
3:22: Victor did the Asian 5 in high school.
4:23: Cambridge tends to be more representative of university style grading.
5:55: Why did you choose Chemistry over Biology and Physics?
7:35: What's the main difference between Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry?
9:03: Unfortunately picking Medicinal Chemistry narrows down your topic choices in postgrad as it focuses more on Organic Chemistry.
11:34: What's the PGDip layout in Medicinal Chemistry?
13:34: Victor accidentally did lab work along with this 8 papers for PGDip which made things unexpectedly difficult.
16:30: Victor talks about what he did in his postgrad projects.
19:54: It's hard to find papers that publish "failures".
20:45: Negative results are still results.
23:57: What were the good things and positives about doing your Masters and PHD?
26:47: Thesis submission. The defense and the end.
29:48: What counts as dumb luck and what counts as hard work and skill.
31:48: What did you do after your PhD?
34:07: The issues of stability in academia and research.
38:18: Victor's advice
Dr Victor Yim completed his PhD in Chemistry in the University of Auckland. He went through the Medicinal Chemistry undergraduate pathway which lead to peptide research. After his university life, he went on to become a researcher at Snowberry NZ where he works with novel ingredients and formulation for skin-care products.
Find us on all our socials:
https://www.facebook.com/Scigradnz
https://www.instagram.com/scigradnz/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sgnz-science-grads-new-zealand/
Credit
Logo: Denny Lee
Intro: "Cali" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-cali-1171/?fbclid=IwAR0yGsfL9GEURuj4VpzFIUKdXmmH1Pik3YxUokmsKJ1QLNQdaPJC-HKsNsg)
Outro: "U Said It V13 Soundcloud" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-u-said-it-v13-souncloud-1167/?fbclid=IwAR0tQaXzxiON3LN9hmMY14hZlVSafDuz8T3DIXfDBoKttlnEdpnTK9shyag)
Time Stamps:
1:43: First question: what got you started on science?
2:03: The deeper you get into science, the less certain things are.
3:22: Victor did the Asian 5 in high school.
4:23: Cambridge tends to be more representative of university style grading.
5:55: Why did you choose Chemistry over Biology and Physics?
7:35: What's the main difference between Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry?
9:03: Unfortunately picking Medicinal Chemistry narrows down your topic choices in postgrad as it focuses more on Organic Chemistry.
11:34: What's the PGDip layout in Medicinal Chemistry?
13:34: Victor accidentally did lab work along with this 8 papers for PGDip which made things unexpectedly difficult.
16:30: Victor talks about what he did in his postgrad projects.
19:54: It's hard to find papers that publish "failures".
20:45: Negative results are still results.
23:57: What were the good things and positives about doing your Masters and PHD?
26:47: Thesis submission. The defense and the end.
29:48: What counts as dumb luck and what counts as hard work and skill.
31:48: What did you do after your PhD?
34:07: The issues of stability in academia and research.
38:18: Victor's advice
42 min