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…
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…
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…
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…
Now that time is shorter than ever for me, e-mail is one of the things I am processing in a very organized way.Last January, I achieved Inbox Zero. For those of you not familiar with the term: it simply means…
Sheryl Sandberg asks: "Why are there so few women leaders.", and in academia, we wonder: "Why are there so few women tenured professors?".I'm not qualified to give an answer to this question - and the answer itself is rather complex.…
In my previous post, I discussed the biggest challenges that I'm facing currently as a starting faculty member. As always, I turned to Twitter for some advice, and here you can find the Storify of the reactions.Very useful and honest…
Most of the time, I'm broadcasting joyful stories on my blog, sharing what I learned throughout the years as a researcher - few as they may be, I've had my fair number of Euraka moments, which I love to share…
I recently was notified about a relatively new app for meditation and mindfulness, called "Stop, Breathe & Think". The app is a perfect tool for both beginners and people with a steady meditation practice. The meditations are short, and the…
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…
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