Interview with Jeremiah Heller and Vesna Stojanoska

<p>In this interview, Jeremiah Heller and Vesna Stojanoska share their experience of combining math and family life, discuss their ways to get over occasional demotivation in research and speak about social aspects of research. Jokes included!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Jeremiah's homepage: <a href="https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~jbheller/">https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~jbheller/</a></p> <p>Vesna's homepage: <a href="https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~vesna/">https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/~vesna/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Mike Hopkins’ talk at Paul Goerss’ birthday conference: <a href="//youtu.be/Ix4pg87LKVk">youtu.be/Ix4pg87LKVk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>0:00 teaser</p> <p>0:34 their family and other animals</p> <p>4:04 kids’ curiosity about math</p> <p>8:30 wishes for kids’ future</p> <p>11:04 existential chat about adulthood&nbsp;</p> <p>13:51 research &amp; relationship</p> <p>16:13 finding friends outside math bubble</p> <p>19:26 two-body problem</p> <p>21:59 math talks as storytelling</p> <p>27:01 approaches to doing math</p> <p>31:02 getting over demotivation in research</p> <p>35:23 mathematics is a social endeavour</p> <p>37:12 jobmarket pressure</p> <p>43:24 having kids &amp; academia</p> <p>47:18 solid advice</p>