All posts by Brian Cahill

Brian Cahill is an engineer working in the field of bioprocess technology. He received his PhD for work in electrokinetically-driven fluid flow from the ETH Zurich in 2004. Brian is member of the Governing Board of EuroScience and he currently works as Programme Manager of the TRAIN@Ed MSCA COFUND Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.

Summer wish: an increased EU Budget for Research and Innovation

EuroScientist is off for a summer break!
In the meantime, help us sign and spread the petition to double the EU Budget for Research and Innovation compared to Horizon 2020.
The #DoubleRIEU petition is an initiative from EuroScience and Initiative for Science in Europe. Read more [...]

Increasing awareness of researcher mental health

Recently, there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to the mental health of researchers. Research is an activity that aims to confront the boundaries of human knowledge: it demands excellence from all researchers, who aim to publish in peer-reviewed publications, submit grant applications, achieve tenure or defend a PhD thesis. Researchers identify with and are dedicated to their work to a very great extent. A recent report noted that researchers simultaneously demonstrate high levels of job satisfaction and high levels of stress and depression. Nevertheless, hard work does not have to lead to suffering. Read more [...]