South African Young Academy of Science

Author archive for kimberleightommy

  • Looking back while pushing forward

    Dear Kim, So, you survived 2019, your first year of PhD! Well done, “future you” is proud! Looking back on…

    by kimberleightommy
  • The Magic of Museums

      Museums are some of my favourite spaces, I find myself drawn to them, wherever I go, whether I am…

    by kimberleightommy
  • The final stretch fatigue

    Can you believe we are in the last quarter? We are on the verge of saying goodbye to 2019 and…

    by kimberleightommy
  • Let’s get ETHICAL

      For some researchers and students, this is just another form, more admin and more work to get through before…

    by kimberleightommy
  • But still, (together) we rise

      “You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very…

    by kimberleightommy
  • A first for everything

    I recently had a nerve-wracking experience, my very first manuscript was finally ready to be submitted to a journal but…

    by kimberleightommy
  • The Unsung Heroes of Palaeosciences

    In 2016, I found myself in the beautiful country of Kenya alongside a team of researchers, curators and technicians from…

    by kimberleightommy
  • Getting your scicomm on

    Science communication or “scicomm” as it is termed, is becoming an increasingly important tool in the skills repertoire of scientists.…

    by kimberleightommy
  • Spot the impostor

    I first came across the term “impostor syndrome” about a year or two ago while skimming through my Twitter feed.…

    by kimberleightommy