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Catchup – Salon – Working with Difficult People: Strategies for Academic Settings
July 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers, and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire, and educate. In this session we hear from Dr Claire Price from Swansea University and Dr Anna Mallach from Imperial College London and this week it’s all about Colleagues, Conflict and Communication – Working with Difficult People: Strategies for Academic Settings.
In research, collaboration is essential, but let’s face it, not every working relationship is easy. Personalities can clash, communication can break down, and tension can quietly derail progress. Whether it’s a co-author who won’t respond, a supervisor who micromanages, or a colleague who undermines your ideas, difficult dynamics are part of the job. But how do you handle them without burning bridges or losing momentum? Today, we’ll explore practical strategies for navigating challenging relationships in academic settings—so you can protect your work, your wellbeing, and your professional growth.
Speakers
Dr Anna Mallach – holds a BSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London and a MRes in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. During her BBSRC-funded PhD at UCL, Anna worked with Jennifer Pocock, Selina Wray and Thomas Piers to study microglia – neuron interactions using induced pluripotent stem cells. Her postdoctoral research focussed on applying spatial transcriptomics to resolve the cellular responses to Alzheimer’s disease pathology to study dysfunctional cell-cell interactions working with Lorena Arancibia and Bart De Strooper. She is now in the UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial College London, leading her own lab.
Dr Claire Price obtained her BSc (hons) degree in Physiology at Cardiff University. She then spent time as a technician in an analytical and environmental chemistry laboratory before completing a PhD at Swansea University in biochemistry (studying alkane and fatty acid hydroxylating cytochromes P450 in Candida albicans). Claire’s research focusses on antifungal resistance in both humans and plants, but she also has interests in using microorganisms for novel biotechnological uses. Claire is passionate about outreach and science communication. She is the founder of Merthyr Science Festival and won the Royal Society of Biology Outreach and Engagement Award for an Established Researcher in 2020.
