I defended my PhD thesis yesterday.

And it's still sinking in. It's done. I've experienced so many mixed emotions about this milestone over the past couple days and I need to remember to give myself time to adjust. It's easy for me to want to jump right to the next thing, but this was a huge accomplishment and was my identity for the past 6 years of my life. It's going to take some getting used to and I'm trying to convince myself that I deserve a little break from the grind.

I'm so grateful for everyone who supported me along the way, especially my supervisor, Dr. Molly Shoichet. It was a wild ride and it was definitely the people I had the honour of working with that made it the amazing experience that it was.

Stay tuned ;)

Jackie Obermeyer, PhD