Research LOR Help

[Skarl]

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I worked in a lab for 2 years and was coauthored on a manuscript and poster. I worked under a graduate student and had a positive working relationship with them; I was generally a great student and reliable. After my supervisor grad student graduated and relocated to another institution, they recommended me to another lab and I believe endorsed me to my current mentor in this lab. Recently, I asked them for a recommendation letter over email but did not receive a response after a month. I re-emailed about a week ago but still no response.

This person has done this before where they don't respond to emails when things get very busy. I want to carefully navigate this situation so that I can get them to write a LOR but without being too annoying as now they are at a different institution and can very easily block me if I am too aggressive. Thoughts?

 

[chaim123]

I worked in a lab for 2 years and was coauthored on a manuscript and poster. I worked under a graduate student and had a positive working relationship with them; I was generally a great student and reliable. After my supervisor grad student graduated and relocated to another institution, they recommended me to another lab and I believe endorsed me to my current mentor in this lab. Recently, I asked them for a recommendation letter over email but did not receive a response after a month. I re-emailed about a week ago but still no response.

This person has done this before where they don't respond to emails when things get very busy. I want to carefully navigate this situation so that I can get them to write a LOR but without being too annoying as now they are at a different institution and can very easily block me if I am too aggressive. Thoughts?

Grad student letters are not what you want. Perhaps the grad student can co-write with your PI, but you really need to get a letter from a faculty member.

 

[Skarl]

Grad student letters are not what you want. Perhaps the grad student can co-write with your PI, but you really need to get a letter from a faculty member.

He has told me that this is how he typically does LORs, he writes them and the PI (who is faculty) reads, makes slight modifications, signs. Unfortunately this is the only feasible option in a large research lab.