For graduate students, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows

Zoom Mentoring

Zoom to success with our 1:1 mentoring call

  • Talk through your problems and see that you're not alone
  • Find some answers to those nagging questions that keep you stuck
  • Get advice on that tricky issue that you have
  • Find out what career options might be good for you

Gradschool and academia can be tough. Whether you're struggling with balancing everything, or you might feel a little lost sometimes on what kinds of projects to focus on, or maybe you're looking for a job and aren't really sure where to start. At whatever point you are in your academic journey, I'm here to help you figure it out so that you can be happy, productive and successful. I've been at every stage of this process and I can give you pointers on what to focus on and what to ignore.

Meet Julia

Hey! I'm Julia Koehler Leman and I'm the nerd who LOVES writing papers and teaching others on how to do the same.


I'm a scientist in Computational Biology and software engineering. I have a PhD, done two postdocs, and even turned down faculty positions - but that's a story for another time.


After writing my first first-author paper in 2006, which took me FOREVER (18 months to be exact) in endless rounds of revisions, I realized that I must have learned something because my second paper took me 2 WEEKS to write, required minimal edits, and got a Best Paper Award! Since then, I've refined the process - my journal rejection rate is around 3% - and my papers are also getting published in high-impact journals.


I love mentoring and teaching grad students, undergrads, and postdocs like you to do the same, as I've done for over 15 years. My inofficial title for many years was "lab mom" - yep, that's me. ;) My passion is to make you successful through scientific communication because most people aren't getting the right support.


Are you ready to get some of your problems solved? Yes? Then come to my mentoring session, no strings attached.