103. Brandon Brown: Farms not grants, academic negotiations, and unusual academic contributions

Brandon Brown is a professor at University of California Riverside, where he studies global health and ethics. He also writes career columns for Nature and Science, which we talk about: negotiations in academia, his sabbatical, his life owning and working a farm, different types of grants and contributions in academia, and much moreBJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: Brandon's path to becoming a scientist0:20:39: Start discussing Brandon's career columns in Nature0:32:17: Grant applications: small vs. big0:41:36: Postdoc-phase: is my plan crazy?0:55:32: Different types of contribution/recognition in academia1:09:22: Negotiation in academia1:22:47: Contributing to team science1:30:30: Sabbaticals1:39:19: Brandon's farm1:48:15: A book or paper more people should read1:49:33: Something Brandon wishes he'd learnt sooner1:51:43: Advice for PhD students/postdocsPodcast linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-podTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtBrandon's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/brown-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/brown-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/brown-twtBen's linksWebsite: https://geni.us/bjks-webGoogle Scholar: https://geni.us/bjks-scholarTwitter: https://geni.us/bjks-twtReferences and linksCAMP: https://www.campstatewide.org/truEvolution: https://www.truevolution.org/Brandon's columns (most of which we discussed):https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02390-whttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03184-8https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00381-5https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.364.6447.1306https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.372.6548.1358Coelho (1988). The Alchemist.