Haha, funny poem! You used the type of humour called DISCREET yet WITTY. 
I like it very much. I skimmed through your other works too, which were really deep (which is good) and I was looking for something lighthearted. And I found it! Yay.
Keep it up!
Mysticalxx
Hey niteowl!
The feel of this reminded me a lot of PhD Comics which I'm sure you'll appreciate. That is, if you don't already know about it.
I think the strongest parts of your poem are when you put in specific gags. The badly scaled matrix is a great example of science-geek humour because it does actually appear to be an error message in MatLab (though not one that I've ever come across). It's also clear that it's not a good thing so non-science readers will be able to appreciate it. I'm not sure I get why getting a Nature publication makes you a dumb lout though!
Be careful not to let the rhymes control the poem. Sure you'll have to adjust your phrasing to fit the rhyme-scheme -- but try and retain the idea or the message because that's the core. I think your "bewildered grad-student" tone is appealing and funny. The rhyme of "school" and "fool" really makes me happy -- they are nice almost-opposite words to link together.
Your rhyme scheme is pretty good and although there are a few lapses it's okay because it generates the right feel. If we were going to be really picky then I might point out that the syllable counts of each line aren't consistent. This is something that you can use to reinforce the funny feel of the poem.
If we look at the chorus, and you read it aloud, then I think you'll find that the 6 syllables of each of the last two lines work well together because they're regular. I like 6s and 8s but if you experiment with the counts then you might find you can get it to sound more regular and rhythmic.
Other than that, this is pretty cool. I do hope "the mess" eventually becomes a paper for you! It sounds like you deserve it (if this is all personal experience). Happy writing!
Hello there Kat here to review for ya 
First can I just say this was LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY! And so true XD though....Have I been to grad school..? Anyhow...
Your rhyming was a little messed up because in some stanza's you had A/A/B/A or A/A/B/B etc. so I would consider moving some lines around to make that line up a little better although I don't think it really detaches from your lyrics. You had very nice meter however you might want to delets just a couple extra words here and ther to make it flow a little smoother. Overall I really enjoyed this piece and look foward to reading more from you!
~Speakerskat
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