The Graduate Student's Thesis Companion

Maya is a 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate working on her dissertation in environmental science. She's juggling hundreds of research papers, field notes, and data sets across multiple devices. Finding specific information and connecting concepts across her materials has become overwhelming.

Chunk Solution

By importing all her research papers (PDFs), datasets (CSVs), and field notes into Chunk, Maya creates a personalized knowledge base. Using tags like "methodology," "case studies," and "statistical analysis," she organizes her research systematically. When writing her literature review, she uses the "Documents Only" search to pull relevant citations and findings from her repository. For new research questions, she employs the "Research" mode to find academic sources that complement her existing knowledge.

Value Proposition

• Time saved: What previously took hours of manual searching now takes seconds

• Improved connections: Chunk helps Maya discover relationships between concepts she hadn't noticed

• Seamless writing process: She can integrate citations and quotes directly from her search results

• Cross-device access: Whether at home on her Mac or in the field with her iPad, her entire research library is available