Life as an academic is varied and busy. Students sometimes believe that all we do is teach. In fact, we do quite a few other things. Here’s my 2016 in numbers.

• number of papers published: 10

• number of paper rejections: 7

• number of books edited: 1

• number of grant proposals submitted: 8

• number of research contracts negotiated with the industry: 2

• number of blog posts: 5

• number of tweets: 474 (66% were retweets)

• number of YouTube videos: 1

• number of papers reviewed: 24

• number of papers edited: 3

• number of grants reviewed: 3

• number of PhD theses examined: 2

• number of emails received (excluding spam and mailing-lists): 12,695

• number of emails written: 4,377 (!)

• number of minutes videoconferencing on GoToMeeting: 13,236 (!!)

• number of Geneva-London-Geneva roundtrips: 12

• number of meetings with >50 attendees co-organised: 6

• number of seminars hosted: 4

• number of conferences attended: 3

• number of talks given: 11

• number of semester-long courses organised: 2

• number of hours lectured: 32

• number of 2000-word student papers marked: 47

• number of summer students supervised: 4

• number of overnight retreats attended: 4

• number of work Christmas dinners attended: 3

• number of annual reports written: 3 (this does not count)

• number of Tête de Moine eaten at lab celebrations: 4

• number of times moved home: 0 (noteworthy since we moved 5 times in the preceding 5 years…)

I wish you, Dear Reader, all the best in 2017!