## Advisor Style & Mentorship Far too involved but also not involved any way that is actually helpful. Expect text messages on the weekends at odd hours of the day and don't confuse it with enthusiasm. If you fail to hold up to his unreasonable standards, he quickly turns on you and has absolutely no problem with firing you. He exploits his students and postdocs, and tends to hire international postdocs that are more likely to not know their rights and be abused by him.
He does not actually provide any mentorship in any practical way. Conversations are typically one-sided and involve him speaking over you. Your opinion is only somewhat appreciated when you first start working for him but if it diverges from his perspectives repeatedly, then your opinion becomes worthless. It's easy to be on his bad side.
## Expectations for PhD Students/Postdocs Your life is your labwork. Any personal tragedies should be forgotten. Trying to live up to his expectations requires working constantly, while getting very little support.
## Funding & Support For someone who is in a medical school, he has a weird funding situation that stifles creativity. He is often pandering to industry funders, which means you'll possibly be unable to publish due to an NDA.
## Research Interesting research sometimes but not worth the stress. Better people are out there that will give you better training.
## Lab Culture Everyone is stressed. Nobody has time for you because they are all trying to live up to unrealistic expectations. Scientific advances published by his lab are probably questionble at best because this is the kind of environment that encourages unethical practices.
Far too involved but also not involved any way that is actually helpful. Expect text messages on the weekends at odd hours of the day and don't confuse it with enthusiasm. If you fail to hold up to his unreasonable standards, he quickly turns on you and has absolutely no problem with firing you. He exploits his students and postdocs, and tends to hire international postdocs that are more likely to not know their rights and be abused by him.
He does not actually provide any mentorship in any practical way. Conversations are typically one-sided and involve him speaking over you. Your opinion is only somewhat appreciated when you first start working for him but if it diverges from his perspectives repeatedly, then your opinion becomes worthless. It's easy to be on his bad side.
## Expectations for PhD Students/Postdocs
Your life is your labwork. Any personal tragedies should be forgotten. Trying to live up to his expectations requires working constantly, while getting very little support.
## Funding & Support
For someone who is in a medical school, he has a weird funding situation that stifles creativity. He is often pandering to industry funders, which means you'll possibly be unable to publish due to an NDA.
## Research
Interesting research sometimes but not worth the stress. Better people are out there that will give you better training.
## Lab Culture
Everyone is stressed. Nobody has time for you because they are all trying to live up to unrealistic expectations. Scientific advances published by his lab are probably questionble at best because this is the kind of environment that encourages unethical practices.
No, I don't recommend this PI.