Dardos award
A number of months ago, Gera Nagelhout, from Tabacco Control Research, nominated me for a Dardos award. I was very flattered when I read about this, but then I didn't really follow up with this for quite some time (sorry!).As…
Graduate School per field
I recently came across the inforgraphic shown below.Now, this infographic is a pretty visual, and it cites some sources for their data. But before you take this infographic to be the holy grail, use some of your own critical thinking.First…
Silver Linings: Hydrate yourself!
I recently came across an article that showed the metamorphosis of a 42-year-old woman who went from not drinking much water at all, to drinking 3 liters of water a day. She hopes to solve digestion problems and headaches, and…
The Best Way to a Successful PhD
Arjenne Louter, better known as The Dutch PhD Coach, is starting a new course titled, "The Best Way to a Successful PhD". Before the course, there will be a free webinar on March 27th (you ALL should attend this, my…
PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: Academic Culture and the PhD Experience
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Writers’ Lab: How the writing assignment contributes greater knowledge to PhD students
Today in the Writers' Lab (which has been rather vacant for a while) I have the pleasure of hosting William Delgado, a professional writer. Have you wondered how the people behind paid essay writing services feel about writing, and which…
Top 3 tips for literature review success
Today I have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ben Libberton, who shares his best advice for the literature review with us. Ben is a Postdoc at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He’s a microbiologist with a degree from the…
My PhD schedule
I recently got the following question, on which I'd like to expand here.Could you share your PhD schedule?Throughout my PhD, I consistently started my day around 8am, which was often the starting time of my experiments, and which is the…
Adjunct positions in academia
I recently came across an infographic discussing adjunct professorships. Even though I've been lucky to find a tenure-track position, I do follow a bit the struggles adjunct faculty members are having.A few side thoughts to this infographic:1. Doing a PhD…
Workloads in academia
I recently had a short discussion on workloads in academia, after seeing in my ManicTime charts that I had worked 100 hours a few weeks earlier - which pretty much translates to working every waking hour. You can find the…