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Based on some research associates and professors I know. Tag yourself or your advisor/prof. 

old forest goddess: gentle tone of voice, office door is always open, mysterious smiles, will invite you to do field work at the slightest hint of interest, cargo pants with lots of pockets or flowy clothes with hiking boots, receives live frogs in the mail (coos at them and calls them pet names), sporadic communication skills,  always has several projects going on. 

furrowed brows: extremely serious but cares a lot about the people around them, resting bitch face until they get started talking about their research, extremely wild hair, always willing to help, always wearing a stain-covered lab coat, surprisingly loud laugh,“oh no” is their most common phrase. 

fox mulder: always looks vaguely disheveled, always like 5 min late to class, regularly cracks jokes in class but takes material very seriously, smirks during academic arguments, has 5 notebooks running simultaneously (has to flip through all of them to find what they’re looking for), button-ups rolled to the elbow. 

shop cat: always at the library, collaborates with may different professors – even across departments, kindest words, oxford shoes and big sweaters, always has a notebook with them for new ideas or drawings, knowing smiles. 

cool beans: vaguely bored grad student TA, writes on literally every surface with sharpie to solve problems “because ethanol, guys”, sweet smiles, self depreciating jokes, always ahead of schedule, chaotic good energy, heavy combat boots and floral tattoos. 

scramble: literal mad scientist, oddly wholesome, definitely has half the lab in their pockets at all times (some microscope slides, some mouse food, a sharpie, a few eppendorf tubes, and god knows what else), always goes right up to the deadline, not great at delegating but always wants to help others learn new things. 

darcy: a little on the blunt side, always reading and analyzing, gives people their full attention, unsure but always moves forwards, actually really appreciates hearing other people’s thoughts on their work, slow to consider new ideas but never discards them without proper thought. 

Tag yourself as ‘The Secret History’ characters

Richard Papen: ‘Campus’ by Vampire Weekend

Oversized tweed jackets patched with lies and secrets, shoving the past into too small holes, black bitter coffee uncomfortably paired with whiskey, vivid dreams where even artificial reality feels like barbed wire, grabbing hold of dirt to try and climb out of a hole you dug yourself into

Henry Winter: ‘Glory’ by Friday Pilots Club

A brain made of polished clogs and wheels cursed into only being seen in black and white, deep crimson staining the hard wood floor, standing up and never knowing when it is time to sit back down, moving your friends like pawns on a chess board

Bunny Corcoran: ‘The Funeral’ by Band Of Horses

Unforgiving remarks and catastrophic comments, porcelain skin with a rotted soul, piecing together the truth to create the gruesome picture, cracked loyalty and blurred lines, having a mind full of all the wrong things, expensive clothing and extravagant taste

Francis Abernathy: ‘Heavenly War’ by Sea Girls

Getting lost in the forest of your own mind, cashmere jumpers painted in cigarette smoke, a true bystander in battle, a sensitive heart hidden behind the bars of a jail, watching the past through rose tinted glasses that cannot be removed, walking through the corridors like a ghost

Charles Macaulay: ‘Achilles Come Down’ by Gang of Youths

Attempting to drown all that is violent and unwelcomed and instead poisoning yourself, a halo that appears more cracked the closer you look at it, lava bubbling gently below the surface waiting to volcano, uncountable glasses of whiskey and unsurfaced tears

Camilla Macaulay: ‘Angel’ by FINNEAS