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A visual timeline from a PhD in Texas to research in the Netherlands.

A black bicycle leans on a stone wall in front of The University of Texas at Dallas entrance sign at dusk.

Beginning the PhD journey. I was told there would be no math. I was lied to.

A large lecture hall with taped-off seats, a few masked students, and a laptop open on a desk in the foreground.

Social distancing on campus. My research on network effects suddenly felt very relevant.

Visitors walk beside a huge white Saturn V rocket marked USA, displayed on its side inside a long hangar.

Made it through Houston traffic. NASA launches are less stressful.

A black road bike leans against the railing of a wooden footbridge over a creek surrounded by green trees.

My two-wheeled, dissertation-escape vehicle. Faster than debugging code. Usually.

A glass-fronted campus building glows pink in the evening light beyond a curving road and trees.

Proof that I did, occasionally, leave the library. A Texas sunset.

Bare tree silhouettes frame a deep orange and red sky above a wrought iron gate lit by a streetlight.

More sunsets, for econometric modeling purposes, of course.

A spring flower bed of purple tulips and pale yellow daffodils with orange centers under a blue sky.

A sign of my future move to the Netherlands? Or just a pretty flower? You decide.

A Red Bull Formula 1 car roped off on a sunny campus plaza as students gather around to look.

Another sign? The p-value on this hypothesis is getting suspiciously low.

A downtown Chicago street lined with tall buildings, an elevated train track crossing it in the distance.

MPSA Conference in Chicago. I came for the political science, I stayed for the deep-dish pizza.

Crowds of attendees fill an ornate hotel lobby with a painted, gilded ceiling and candle-style chandeliers.

MPSA dress code: academic with a hint of resisting the dark side at the Palmer House Hotel.

A crowd gathers on a sunny campus plaza under a black, gray, and white balloon arch beside a glass building.

The Great North American Eclipse. My models did not predict this.

The dark disk of the eclipsed sun ringed by a glowing halo in a cloudy sky, with tree branches at left.

Verifying the eclipse data with a secondary source. It was, in fact, dark.

A brick Texas Roadhouse restaurant facade with red lettering, an American flag and a Texas flag above it.

My official submission for the next Texas tourism campaign. Howdy, y’all.

A tree-lined sidewalk beside an ivy-covered Gothic stone building, with pink flowers along the path.

SIOE Conference at the University of Chicago. Trying to absorb knowledge via osmosis.

Shreyas with Pengfei Zhang and Satoshi Fukuda, wearing name badges on a boat deck with Chicago towers behind.

SIOE, with my co-author Pengfei Zhang and Satoshi Fukuda of Bocconi University.

Passengers board a large white and black boat named Spirit from a dock beside a glass hotel under blue sky.

SIOE’s dinner cruise. A statistical analysis of keeping 200 academics from falling into the Chicago River.

The Chicago skyline lit up at dusk across dark water, with a Ferris wheel at left and an orange horizon.

Chicago at night: stunning enough to make you forgive the wind’s personal vendetta.

An instructor presents Welcome slides on three screens to students with laptops in a curved lecture hall.

Teaching R and Python at the EPPS Math & Coding Camp with the legendary Dr. Karl Ho.

A street lamp banner reading Philadelphia Welcomes the American Political Science Association, under blue sky.

APSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. City of brotherly love… until the Q&A session starts.

Sculptures of pale human figures climb both ends of a concrete skybridge over a narrow city alley.

APSA attendees trying to support each other through the job market cycle.

Neon Carmen's Cheesesteaks and Hoagies sign hanging over a busy aisle of an indoor food market in Philadelphia.

A founding father once said, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of melted cheese.”

A person wearing an anti-static wrist strap assembles a motherboard at an office desk beside an open PC case.

Explaining the finer points of PC building to my colleague, Crystal Conway. Step 1: More RGB.

A white Ferris wheel and boat marina at National Harbor on a grey day, with a long bridge across the river behind.

APPAM Conference at National Harbor. The weather was a strong incentive to stay inside and discuss policy.

Shreyas in a light blue button-down shirt, smiling in a studio headshot against a pale grey-blue background.

The obligatory conference headshot. Now you know what I look like in front of a blue background.

A tall Christmas tree of stacked star shapes wrapped in lights hangs in the Gaylord National's glass atrium.

The Gaylord National’s Christmas tree during APPAM. My data visualizations are rarely this festive.

American Airlines jets parked at the gates, with ground crew and baggage carts on the tarmac under a cloudy dusk sky.

Views from the terminal: powered by caffeine, conference talks, and endless boarding announcements.

Seven friends smile around a round table in a Chinese restaurant, sharing slices of birthday cake after dinner.

Celebrating a birthday with friends and colleagues at UT Dallas.

The angular white wing of the Crow Museum building at UT Dallas against a deep blue sky, with autumn trees below.

Visiting the Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas.

A wall-sized projection of a glowing red-orange textured form against a starry purple sky in a dark gallery.

The “Life is a Cosmos” installation at the Crow Museum.

Shreyas with his dissertation committee in a classroom: Elizabeth Searing, Pengfei Zhang, Clint Peinhardt and Patrick Brandt.

Successfully defended! So grateful for my dissertation committee: (L-R) Dr. Elizabeth Searing, Dr. Pengfei Zhang, Dr. Clint Peinhardt, & Dr. Patrick Brandt.

A Powell and Hyde cable car rounds a curve of track on a brick plaza as a crowd waits behind rope barriers.

San Francisco’s iconic trams. Pretty sure this was also a sign.

A selfie of Shreyas in doctoral cap and gown, seated in a row with Pengfei and Robert Geibler at the hooding ceremony.

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony with Pengfei and our colleague Robert Geibler.

Two smiling graduates, one in green and orange UT Dallas regalia and one in red, pose by a wood-paneled wall.

All smiles at the hooding ceremony. The hat is more aerodynamic than it looks.

Shreyas with Dohyo and Ricardo, all in green and orange UT Dallas doctoral gowns and caps, by a wood-paneled wall.

We did it! Celebrating with fellow graduates Dohyo and Ricardo.

Stepping stones cross a still pond reflecting clouds, with young trees and a wider lake beyond.

Found a serene lake just outside Rotterdam. My new favorite thinking spot.

Low-angle view of a thatched Dutch windmill with yellow-trimmed windows and lattice sails against a blue sky.

It’s not truly the Netherlands until you find a traditional windmill. Check.

Pink cherry blossom trees arch over a quiet Rotterdam street lined with brick houses and parked cars.

Rotterdam in bloom. The cherry blossoms have a higher R² with my mood than any of my regressions.

A full moon beside the green-domed Stadhuis clock tower in Rotterdam, flanked by modern high-rise towers.

Full moon rising over the Stadhuis clock tower. Rotterdam schedules its own celestial events.

A pale mint-green bicycle parked on a lakeside path beside a wooden jetty, under a sky full of white clouds.

The dissertation-escape vehicle has a Dutch successor. Flatter terrain, stronger headwinds, same job.

St. Henry's Tower, a Gothic stone bell tower with a gold clock, above a cobbled Prague street with a scooter and cars.

Prague, for our TWIN4DEM consortium meeting. St. Henry’s Tower: six centuries old and still meeting its deadlines.

The green copper dome and carved stone facade of Belfast City Hall against a cloudy blue sky.

Belfast City Hall, between sessions at EPSS 2026. Copper domes age better than conference slides.

© 2026 Shreyas Meher, Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

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