Irakli Patchkoria is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, working in homotopy theory. In this interview, he speaks about math-tennis balance, shares his experience of moving from Georgia to Western Europe and admits taking part in illegal actions on university exams.

Irakli's homepage: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/irakli.patchkoria
Photo: Irakli's private photo collection




















How to become the worst researcher in the world

The official podcast version of Mura Yakerson's YouTube channel Math-Life Balance. What Mura has to say about the content:

"In this [podcast] I post my non-professional interviews with professional mathematicians. I ask my colleagues about their personal experience in math, their struggles and lifehacks. I hope that this shared experience would be helpful for other people in the math community, especially for young mathematicians!"