Today, in the series of "Defenses around the world", I am hosting the story of a scientist who prefers to remain anonymous. Veronika Cheplygina, whom you might remember from the "How I Work" interview, interviewed her friend for this occasion.…
Today, Richard Newton talks about his experiences during his PhD defense. Richard is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania (USA). He took his PhD in Religion from Claremont Graduate University in 2009. His research focuses…
Today, I'm inviting Barbara Vreede to talk about her PhD defense in Portugal. Barbara worked on cichlid embryos for her BSc (in Leiden, the Netherlands), moved on to butterflies (in Leiden) and centipedes (in Galway, Ireland) for her MSc, did…
Today, I'm starting a new series of posts at PhD Talk. While writing with Veronika Cheplygina for her interview, we touched upon the subject of how different her PhD defense in the Netherlands was from her boyfriend's defense in Sweden.…
In the weeks following my PhD defense and graduation, I wrote about how I prepared for my PhD defense and about my experience during the defense itself. Long before my own defense, I had already written a post about the…
Celebrating in style, after the defenseLast June, I've successfully defended my PhD, received my diploma and enjoyed the honor of being called "Dr. Lantsoght" (or better, trying to convince people of doing so, and having the joy of selecting "Dr."…
The preparation for the PhD Defense was just one step in the long road to the defense, that started with the first draft, then dealt extensively with the committee members, and ended with the celebration of getting my degree (I…
On June 14th, I passed my PhD defense, and I promised to write a blog post replying the question "What was it like to defend?".Most of all, it went so quickly. Only during a few moments, I realized of what…
On June 14th 2013, I defended my doctoral dissertation at Delft University of Technology. As I wrote before, the defense itself was the very end of the entire process of writing, editing, re-editing, publishing and finally defending my doctoral dissertation.…
Defending in Delft's spaceship tomorrow!Tomorrow, on June 14th of 2013, at 12:30 I will defend my PhD thesis and propositions in the Aula of Delft University of Technology.This is what my day will look like:11:45 arrival to the Senaatszaal 12:00…
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