Mahmut RuziPeer Reviewing Should be Properly CompensatedAs an academic, I review about about six articles per year, all volunteerly. This has been the tradition for academics for the several…3 min read·Apr 1, 2024----
Mahmut RuziMe and My Research“Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope, With what I most enjoy contented lest; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply…7 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Mahmut RuziA comment on the atrocities in Gaza and Israel, the US DEI policy, and equalityThis is a comment on the writings of Vitaliy Katsenelson, especially the one posted on January 12th, 2024. He wrote that DEI policy is woke…6 min read·Feb 4, 2024----
Mahmut RuziVery unapologetic opinion on science funding !I think a strategy similar to some commercial research labs like Bell labs in the 1960s could be better. They used to just give funding to…1 min read·Jan 28, 2024----
Mahmut RuziLetter to Israelis and PalestiniansOpen letter on the unfolding cruelty in the Middle East.6 min read·Jan 21, 2024----
Mahmut RuziPiled up Higher and Deeper-Issues in Academic Publishing“The men of my own stock, They may do ill or well, But they tell the lies I am wanted to, They are used to the lies I tell; And we do not…14 min read·Dec 19, 2023----
Mahmut RuziDisappearing Uyghur IntellectualsAs an academician, I often grapple with the daily challenges of experiments not working as planned, the disappointment of papers being…6 min read·Oct 1, 2023--1--1
Mahmut RuziFundamental research is not superior to engineeringThis is a repost from my personal blog https://mahmutruzi.github.io/posts/2023-07-30-Pure-vs-applied-research/1 min read·Aug 19, 2023----
Mahmut RuziThoughtful writing !However, I think one aspect of it is really good. It is that scientists, who most people don't have a chance to know in person, sharing…1 min read·Apr 18, 2021--1--1
Mahmut RuziChina, the Country That Is Trying to Connect the World, Is Prohibiting Me from Contacting My FamilyHow the Chinese government is crackdown on Uyghurs, and the world is silent, and personal loss8 min read·Apr 11, 2021----