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You can often tell how much research a prof does by the size of their group. If they have 2 grad students and no post docs, they're probably active in a lot of
by acadien 13y ago
You can often tell how much research a prof does by the size of their group. If they have 2 grad students and no post docs, they're probably active in a lot of research. If they have 45 grad students and 15 post docs, they're probably sitting on committees, writing grants proposals or are travelling to conference for 99% of their time. That's not necessarily a bad thing either, there is plenty of good work done by profs in a management role.
- pcrh 13y agoNot the same subject area, but this is why places such as Janellia Farms [1] restrict the size of their research groups. A PI with more than 6 people under her is considered a manager rather than a researcher. [1] http://www.hhmi.org/janelia/ http://www.hhmi.org/janelia/
- thelittlelisper 13y agoWell, Janellia is actually in my research area, so you pretty much nailed it.