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Burning back burnout

25 Oct 2021

This article is the first in a series of essays written by Black physicists and co-published with Physics Today as part of #BlackInPhysics week 2021, an event dedicated to celebrating Black physicists and their contributions to the scientific community, and to revealing a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like. This year’s theme is “burnout”.

Photo of Garrett Williams, adjusting equipment on an optical bench
Burnout beaters Garrett Williams finds that mentorship networks, recognition and outreach work, and being introspective about learning help him survive and thrive as a PhD student in atomic, molecular and optical physics. (Courtesy: Garrett Williams)
Burnout is a multi-faceted phenomenon, and everyone’s experience of it is different. Remarkably, t

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