Assistant Professor @University of Maryland, Baltimore County Alma: Harvard Med, Max Planck Tübingen, IISER https://www.mayankchugh.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3muiq3c5t2224Sarah @umbc-ai.bsky.social wrote a story/interview about us & our paper👇🏽. And see my undergrad team that’s working on an amazing project!!! More soon on that. ✨✨✨✨ https://umbc.edu/stories/mayank-chugh-qa/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiq3c5t2224https://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3mtmwrjudl22w📣 International scholar/student/postdoc? Here’s our 1st lab paper @natbiotech.nature.com quantifying the invisible taxes of visas: money, time, mental wellbeing, & career outcomes. @harvardmed.bsky.social Thnx to so many people but first my amazing coauthors. 👉🏽 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03252-8 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmwrjudl22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3mjn44pw7ks2pIn this piece, I share my artwork (exhibited at the Center for Art, Design, & Visual Culture) & academic life, both bound by experiences of citizenship privilege. Thank you @nature.com for also including me in the briefing. ✨ My story is just one among thousands of global south academics. Link 👇🏽16 Apr 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn44pw7ks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3mgogricyyk2mRead my new piece here. @pracheeac.bsky.social whatcha think? [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgogricyyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3ma7qevsl422iMy grad students & I perusing the German Christmas Village 🎄@thebaltimorebanner.com17 Dec 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7qevsl422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3m7oohp4wrs2gThank you @lonelypipette.bsky.social @ibroorg.bsky.social for having us! And thank you Jonathan & Renaud!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7oohp4wrs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3m2otby3h3s23YASS!! Let’s keep pushing open the doors to research assessment with preprints!! https://asapbio.org/hhmi-enacts-immediate-access-to-research-policy-for-its-scientists/08 Oct 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2otby3h3s23https://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lydwtciacc2tFirst lab meeting w/ 6 grad students UMBC!08 Sep 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydwtciacc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lv7wcppggk26📣 Thrilled to share the first paper from ReForm Lab Are you an international scholar on a visa? Faculty with international students in your lab and class? Student center workers? For the 1st time, we report data on visa burdens from over 700 ECRs. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.28.667220v131 Jul 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7wcppggk26https://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3llchkernmk2eMy undergraduate students & I have been having discussions about what the current US policies mean for the science, their career aspirations, & public health. Thank you @drpeterrodgers.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social @elifecommunity.bsky.social for giving us a space to share our voices & fears. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3llchkernmk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3llaujnh7vk2sThere are academics I’ve spoken to that still don’t understand the publishing process @elife.bsky.social & yet have opinions on why it ain’t great. 🙄 Here’s a clear step by step with video explaining how publishing/PRC model at eLife. 👇🏽 Have you got your understanding right? 🤨 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2025 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3llaujnh7vk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lhzkeqe6sk2oI got to collaborate with amazing @jacoates.bsky.social on this: Calling open science community to be the guidepost & lead by example as science & scientists suffer in chaos. Read here: https://upstream.force11.org/open-science-call-to-act/13 Feb 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhzkeqe6sk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lhzk65v4ds2oThank you! @network-alba.bsky.social for having me to discuss challenges faced by postdocs and thank you to Katie for covering this for the @thetransmitter.bsky.social Important than ever now [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2025 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhzk65v4ds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lf62jmc5722gThank you @epimechfc.bsky.social for featuring and including us!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf62jmc5722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3ld2pcqccj22eSo my first semester of undergraduate teaching ended and in the last class I got some sweet souvenirs from my students. I am so humbled. Awww.11 Dec 2024 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2pcqccj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lbkac3z53s2dThank you so much, @godwyns.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social for having me & providing an excellent space to share my voice & experiences with the research community! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkac3z53s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lbcriymles27Thanks, W&M for covering me in the news. Plus, a great photo with my postdoc advisor Sean Megason & Dean Reede. https://news.wm.edu/2024/11/19/harvard-medical-school-honors-wm-biology-professor/19 Nov 2024 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcriymles27https://bsky.app/profile/mayankchugh.bsky.social/post/3lazta6w73k25I’m thankful to Harvard Catalyst for giving my work a voice and making me reflect on a journey I’ve taken. It’s fun, exciting, grounding, and yet so difficult. https://catalyst.harvard.edu/news/article/data-driven-change-making/16 Nov 2024 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:7ryjxez2pkv2lainx7vff4pi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazta6w73k25