Having made it clear in a previous post that hitting difficult times during the PhD is normal, I wanted to address the second part of the question in this post: how to stay motivated when the hard times hit. While…
Someone recently asked me: "If a researcher gets a difficult moment during their PhD, how can they remain motivated?". And, before answering the second part of the question, I want to clarify there is no "if". Every PhD trajectory will…
In previous years, I did not participate in calls for professors to open internships for IAESTE, to participate in the virtual research internships of HUC, and other opportunities, In recent years, however, I have tried to take better advantage of…
As this particularly busy semester for me is kicking off, I have taken a moment to think about what I can do to stay afloat. While I have written about this topic a number of times in the past, I…
In recent weeks, I have been thinking about ways to better support junior faculty. I remember when I started as a new assistant professor at USFQ. I had just moved internationally, had to set up 3 new courses, develop my…
With the advent of generative AI, we could think that blogging may be over for once and for all. Blogging by far is not as popular as it used to be 10-15 years ago, and now that The Machine can…
The upcoming semester promises to be quite busy. I have two conference trips, which naturally take time from what I am working on. We are working on putting the cherry on the cake of our accreditation. I am working on…
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…
On September 1st 2024, I am officially 15 years at TU Delft. I want to take this moment to look back and thank everyone who has made this journey (past and ongoing) possible. My promotor and copromotor when I was…
On September 1st 2009, I started to work at TU Delft. I remember my first day at university clearly. It was a Tuesday, and I had to be at 9am in the secretary's office. At that time, every professor still…
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