March 2023 Goals

Monthly Goals

• Review the following sections of the Punt Student reading list:
  • Stock Assessment
  • Ecology and Ecosystems (compare to TEE quals reading list)
  • Fisheries Management and Policy
• Prepare the final draft of the Proposal Presentation for my General Exam
• Run simulations for Ch. 1 natural mortality experiment using the status quo HCR and the phase-in HCR

Daily Snapshots

27 - 31 March 2023

• troubleshooting the phase-in HCR code for Ch. 1
  • work sessions on the 27th, 28th, and 31st

20 - 24 March 2023

• real human stuff

14 - 16 March 2023

• a marathon of slide deck building, season 5 of Queer Eye, reading papers, and receiving great mentorship
• I passed my General Exam!
• I’m going to take Spring Break off

13 March 2023

• finished Ch. 1 section of final draft slide deck
• produced best available plots from Ch. 1 for slide deck
• skimmed wiedenmann et al. paper and make checklist for Ch. 2 plots
• started final draft of Ch. 2 section of slide deck

11 March 2023

• drafted final prioritization list for exam prep

8 March 2023

• final draft of proposal presentation for General Exam
  • Chapter 1 components filled in (50%)

7 March 2023

• started building the final draft of proposal presentation for General Exam
  • new outline produced
  • introduction components filled in

1 March - 6 March 2023

• some pretty serious burn out
• watched Ian Stewart’s NOAA Monster Jam seminar about the use of ensemble modelling at IPHC for Ch. 3