Hey,
I was looking for advice for a situation I am in. I reached out to a PI in person (we happened to be at the same social gathering, he initiated conversation). I asked about research in general and then in his field, because it is totally something I am interested in. I even took a class related to it in undergrad. I followed up over email, he seemed really enthusiastic. We finally scheduled a meeting ~3 weeks later bc of time conflicts. I met with him face to face and thought it went well. I did all the IRB training and sent that to him before we met as he requested.
Once we decided on a project, he said he'd email me with previous work, but that didn't happen. I found an old paper and read through that and did some other research. I sent him an email, and he didnt respond for about 2 weeks. Just sent another email a few days ago and still haven't gotten a response.
Like an idiot, I didn't get a back up lab plan because this seemed so solid. I didnt want to waste another PIs time or somehow mess up my reputation with someone else. But now we only have ~2 months until summer and it seems like I may not have a research plan. Anyone been in this situation or have any advice?
tl;dr Screwed myself by trusting a PI who is now not responding to emails after sent him two emails over the past 2.5weeks. Should I cold email a ton of people or keep emailing this PI?
I was looking for advice for a situation I am in. I reached out to a PI in person (we happened to be at the same social gathering, he initiated conversation). I asked about research in general and then in his field, because it is totally something I am interested in. I even took a class related to it in undergrad. I followed up over email, he seemed really enthusiastic. We finally scheduled a meeting ~3 weeks later bc of time conflicts. I met with him face to face and thought it went well. I did all the IRB training and sent that to him before we met as he requested.
Once we decided on a project, he said he'd email me with previous work, but that didn't happen. I found an old paper and read through that and did some other research. I sent him an email, and he didnt respond for about 2 weeks. Just sent another email a few days ago and still haven't gotten a response.
Like an idiot, I didn't get a back up lab plan because this seemed so solid. I didnt want to waste another PIs time or somehow mess up my reputation with someone else. But now we only have ~2 months until summer and it seems like I may not have a research plan. Anyone been in this situation or have any advice?
tl;dr Screwed myself by trusting a PI who is now not responding to emails after sent him two emails over the past 2.5weeks. Should I cold email a ton of people or keep emailing this PI?
