How to craft the perfect elevator pitch for your research

Have you ever come across a professor at a conference whose research totally blew your mind and you desperately wanted to interact with them, but couldn’t because you were tongue-tied? Don’t worry, you are not alone. A lot of us are in the same boat, especially early-career researchers. We are often unprepared when it comes to relying on our social skills during networking, and that can reflect in our body language as nervousness and low self-confidence.