I gave my first keynote lecture (virtually) in early 2019 (on topics related to this blog), and my first bridge engineering keynote lecture (also virtually) in 2021. Since then, I have received more invitations to present as keynote speaker at…
Today, I have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Noelle Sterne (Ph.D., Columbia University) with a guest post on being an older PhD candidate. Noelle is a dissertation coach and editor, academic and mainstream writing consultant, author, workshop leader, spiritual counselor,…
I was recently asked what are some crucial steps one should complete before starting the writing process. My initial reaction was (as often): it depends... How you prepare for writing a paper, depends on how you write. Some of us…
As I have a fair number of presentations to give this semester, I have been reflecting on the time it takes me to prepare these, and the methodology I use to put these together quickly. Depending on the length of…
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…
Ecuador is always a bit of an adventure. We have had national strikes blocking the entire country, political unrest, terrorism from organized crime, and a pandemic in the past years. This year, we had major forest fires (shutting down the…
I knew that this semester would be particularly busy, seeing what I had on my plate. So far, I am still standing - putting in a bit more hours than I would like to, and sleeping in a bit less…
I have been thinking recently a lot on how I can support my students and younger colleagues. I already wrote about how we can support junior faculty, and today I want to focus in general on how to create opportunities…
As I have been mulling over the limitations of citation metrics in relation to being a top 2% scientist, I found myself thinking about what makes research impactful. Here are some ways I value the impact of research: Makes the…
Making it to the top 2% list of Ioannidis again this year has sparked again some ruminating about how important (or not) such metrics are. In my opinion, metrics based on citations are very limited. They are a remote proxy…
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