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…
Time for a quick Q&A again today! Some time ago, I received the following question:Congratulations Eva!I would like to ask you what method are you using to reproduce the crack pattern (see Fig. 12 in your paper)The answer is quite…
Petition handing to minister Bussemaker and to the VSNUIn the Netherlands, there are currently no formal regulations on the effect of the time away from research during pregnancy and paternal leave. Pregnancy and paternal leave are dealt with at a…
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