Today, I've invited a shadow scholar to share her experience on writing and procrastinating with us. Stacey Marone is a graduate of Social Sciences, freelance writer and contributor for a paper mill website. She likes exploring new cultures, languages and…
Those of you who follow me on Twitter, or that have checked my list of guest posts, know that I write reviews for Darkview. This means that I get a steady stream of review copies of CDs sent to me,…
This year, I did not have the chance to travel to IABMAS. However, my former student Ms. Flores-Valverde traveled to IABMAS to present her thesis work as well as the paper of myself and my coauthors. The abstract of her…
I recently received this e-mail from a reader:Hi there,In your "mean and lean" approach to class preparation you state: 45 minutes to construct the argument around the 'what if' question. Would you mind elaborating on this? I'd be interested to…
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…
Dear readers, I would like to share with you some valuable resources from a proofreading services website. Most universities have their own proofreading services, so if English is not your native language, or if you struggle with writing, it can…
Today's guest post is a contribution from Seán Mac Fhearraigh, PhD. Seán was a PhD student at University College Dublin & a post-doc a Cambridge University where he studied mechanisms of cell division. Currently Seán run’s an ELISA assay company…
Universidad San Francisco de Quito recently made a video highlighting my current research on load testing of bridges. You can watch it here:
It's time for another Q&A session. Some time ago, I received the following question from a reader:Dear Dr. Lantsoght, I'd like to ask you about the funding issues relating to PhD studies. Some PhDs are advertised as 'for self-funded students…
Time for another Q&A post (yes, I'm finally doing an effort in replying your long overdue questions!).Here's a question I received a few months ago:While reading any phd file you usually highlight the important points from that file. How do…
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