By: Parker Lemke
In the world of French academia, a sizable number of doctoral students struggle to share a small pond of opportunities.
So the University of Minnesota fished a scholar for itself out of the country’s pool of academics.
Colleagues of French native Mikael Elias, an incoming biochemistry assistant professor, say his scientific vigor eventually outgrew available academic positions in his home country, where attaining a prestigious position, like a fine wine or cheese, comes with age.