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## Advisor Style & Mentorship ego driven and highly hierarchical. doesn't respect phds or postdocs. does not offer even opportunities and has no issue denying acknowledgement to early career researchers or assistant professors on a lower scale. favors those that compliment him excessively, irrespective of their professional merits or achievements.... Read More

Pros: He is willing to engage in extensive discussions with students. Cons: Funding is relatively tight. He had students working on competitive, identical subjects and not really cares their career. A lack of respect for other researchers' work and students' background. Sometimes the atmosphere in the lab is tense due to competitive... Read More

***Positives + *** * Uncanny resemblance to Larry David * Lab is in a fancy new building ***Negatives - *** * He is not funny like Larry David..not even close * You share lab space in said fancy building, which sucks * Very poor mentorship * Boring pretentious research * Not honest and fake... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship Working with Dr. Hussain was an incredibly frustrating and demoralizing experience. He extremely micromanages regular life while providing little to no actual guidance in research. Meetings are frequent but never start on time—he reschedules at the last minute, sometimes delaying by hours, leaving students in limbo.... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship Serious communication issues due to language barrier. This often results in confusion during experimental planning and delays in projects. If you're expecting structured mentorship or thoughtful discussion, this lab is not the place. The advisor is authoritarian and controlling. Student input is often dismissed, and... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship Micromanaging, emotionally volatile and extremely toxic. Joining her lab in any capacity is the worst decision you can make. ## Expectations for PhD Students She needs to physically see you working on weekends, if not be ready to constantly hear you are unmotivated, no matter how much effort you put into your work.... Read More

Arrogant and unhelpful. He doesn't treat international students well. He doesn't try to understand international students' struggles, and he doesn't explain things clearly to international students. He's unwilling to help any international... Read More

Jalal Ghilane has been working at Paris Diderot University, which is now part of Universite Paris Cite. He has been researching electrochemistry, polymers, and nanomaterials. His research work is okay if not excellent. However, his personality is not okay. He is bad as a person and as an academic supervisor. He's such a narrow-minded person that... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship He is the kind of mentors or principal investigators (PIs) who maintain a facade of support and friendliness, but his ambiguity and lack of genuine investment in your growth reveal their true indifference. They avoid clear communication, withhold meaningful guidance, and refuse to dedicate the necessary time, energy,... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship Sink or swim. Nothing is ever his fault, and if it was, it's because you made him do it. In lab meetings he will constantly interrupt the presenter and mansplain the topic back to the student. I once watched him interrupt a postdoc so much that he basically gave the talk on the postdoc's topic. He mostly checks in on... Read More