Rowan Durrant: Now archive

[In reverse chronological order]

9 November 2025:

• The outdoor rock climbing season is winding down here now, with the first snow of the winter falling today, but I'm looking forward to getting out for my first ice season this year.
• I'm now halfway through my postdoc here at McMaster- the time has really flown by!

29 August 2025:

• Currently reading: Down by Andy Kirkpatrick

9 July 2025:

• I'm back in Europe for the summer, and have recently returned from a climbing trip to Lofoten, Norway.
• Yesterday I attended my PhD graduation ceremony!

Graduation day, 8th July 2025.

29 April 2025:

• I'm happy to announce that I've just started as a postdoctoral fellow in the MacTheoBio group at McMaster University!

12 December 2024:

• I passed my viva with minor corrections! Massive thanks to my supervisors, examiners and convener.

15 October 2024:

• I've submitted my PhD thesis and am preparing for my viva in December!

11 September 2024:

• I'm in the final stretch of writing my PhD thesis before I submit it in mid October.
• I recently presented a chapter of my thesis at the Glasgow Computational Biology Conference and was honoured to receive the "Best Presentation" award!

5 July 2024:

• I'm finishing up my PhD thesis and aiming to submit in early October.
• I will be attending the International Statistical Ecology Conference this month.
• I've just got back from a climbing trip to Chamonix where I did my first alpine routes!
• Recently read: In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez Lavado.

On the way back to the Aiguille du Midi lift station, Chamonix. June 2024.

22 May 2024:

• I'm finishing up my PhD thesis and aiming to submit in early October.
• I've just got back from a climbing trip to Pabbay, and am now preparing for another trip to the Alps.
• I read Freedom Climbers: The Golden Age of Polish Climbing by Bernadette McDonald while away, and I can highly recommend it.