HI,
I'm starting my third year of Ph.D in Chemistry. I have been in a very productive group and published 4 papers and still have some unpublished material. Right now, I'm preparing for my oral examinations. However, my adviser run out of money, we were moved to a smaller lab, and I am the last person working in his lab (before there were around 12 people). Fortunately, I have a great fellowship , so I do not have to worry about teaching. My adviser is actively searching for other jobs and I know he is going to an interview to another university next week. Also the relationship student-adviser is bad, although he is happy with my advance sometimes he is abusive (review the submitted articles he is supposed to review, do all kinds of administrative work, does not want me to go to conferences, internships,etc) and I tend to do not say anything about it. He was used to disappear form the lab for several weeks from the lab and not doing anything (no submitted grants,etc).
Recently I told him all that and we yell me and we both were very angry. At then end we did not get to any agreement, he just simply refused to see all his errors, and take responsibility for the reduction in people and space of the lab. Also for personal reasons (family) I am not willing to move to another university if he gets a job some where else.
I do not know what to do, if search for another adviser after obtaining Ph.D candidacy? or wait until he leaves if he gets another job? Because If I change adviser, I may need to change other people from my committee since two of them are their friends.
Thanks in advance for your time and advice