Asked to Master out by my PI.
So I am in third semester of my Ph.D. I joined my current lab in Fall 2025 and have been assigned a project since then.
My PI said in the past 3 months I haven't made much progress and haven't taken the ownership of my project, and my ASE evaluation is gonna be bad. He along with my student coordinator set up a surprise meeting to tell me this and asked me to Master out.
I haven't slacked and I had a really busy class/TA schedule that he is aware of. He still thinks I haven't given my all and he thinks since initially I wanted to do immuno-oncology, this lack of interest will create friction for me. He has a neurobehavioral science lab. He erroneously said that my last 2 ASE showed that I am slacking. However, the latest one was fantastic. Now he is saying he has given me an opportunity to improve, but I haven't improved.
Can you please suggest something? I