I've mentioned the book "Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker a few times on this blog - when running a poll on sleep, and as one of my favorite books read in 2019. I also blogged about the problem of…
Some time ago, I wrote about my inability to understand why organizers are rushing back towards in-person conferences - with a pandemic that is going on, and the carbon footprint of conferences impardonable in the current climate crisis. Why are…
I recently received a question on doing a post-doc after the PhD or not (edited for anonymity): Dear Dr Lantsoght, I recently discovered your blog through the Academic Transfer website when I was looking for jobs. I really enjoyed the…
About 1-1,5 years ago, I found myself bogged down by the daily stress of work (and leaving work on time to be home with my daughter before 4pm), taking my daughter to her activities through Ecuador's crazy traffic (and, even…
I recently published an editorial for the journal Frontiers in the Built Environment: Bridge Engineering on the topic "Diagnostic and Proof Load Tests on Bridges". You can access the editorial here, and the editorial forms part of an open access…
I recently was in for quite a surprise: a paper in my field turned out to contain information I had developed earlier, without the authors giving credit to my work. They had taken an elaborate table of mine which summarizes…
I recently received the following question: I have been trying to find a PHD topic for years and most importantly a potential supervisor who might be interested in the research area I would like to explore. Would you or anyone…
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…
My colleagues and I have recently published a paper titled "Monitoring Shear Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Using Acoustic Emission and Digital Image Correlation " in the journal Sensors. Access the open access paper here. The abstract is as…
As I'm chewing over some questions on how to make a bigger impact with my work, I am exploring the possibilities to receive individual coaching. At the same time, I have joined the DrivenWoman network, to get group coaching, and…
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