As always at the beginning of a new semester, I have outlined my goals for the upcoming semester. I will be arriving to my office in Ecuador 2.5 weeks after the official start of the semester for a conference and…
My template for the Fall semester of 2025 looks a bit different from previous templates. I have a big number of proposals that I am working on, so I need to reserve more research time. Therefore, I have carved out…
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…
As always at the end of the semester, I'm checking how I did with my goals: Submit 4 papers: I submitted two R1s, an editorial, drafted a paper that is with my coauthors, submitted a review and am halfway writing…
Summer 2025 has been rather intense. Whereas I usually feel like I get a bit of breathing room during my summer research stay, this year has been super busy. As in the past periods, my main focus is on writing…
I was thinking recently about how I want to expand the impact of my research, and I identified that my focus lies on (and yes, I got this list from the MSCA Staff Exchanges call): international expansion interdisciplinary expansion inter-sectoral…
Since I spent only a limited amount of time every year in the Netherlands, I make a list of priorities for my research stay to make sure I take full advantage of my time. While I've discussed my particular priorities…
Continuing from my previous post, here is my second set of lessons learned to celebrate my 40th birthday: From my father: excellence in your work matters to you and those you serve with your work. From my father: if you…
I recently turned 40, so let me share 40 lessons with you. Today, I'll share the first 20 and in my next post the next 20. From my mom: if you need to do something hard, just go step by…
Some time ago, a colleague asked me about the benefit of national groups of international associations. Within IABSE, for example, we recently restarted the Ecuadorean group. ACI and ASCE also have their national groups in the country. Here's what I…
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