Today is my last post on how I work as a function from where I work. I've looked at working from home during an emergency (such as a sick child), as well as working from my campus office. In this…
Here's my template for the Fall semester! It is going to be a teaching-heavy semester again, as now I'm teaching a graduate course for 6 hours a week and an undergraduate course for 3 hours a week. The graduate course…
At the start of every semester, I outline my goal for the upcoming semester. Without much fanfare, here are my goals for the Fall 2023 semester: Submit 4 papersHave the first draft of the thesis of one of my PhD…
I recently wrote about how it is normal for many PhD candidates to feel the post-PhD blues, and how you can recognize this. Today, I want to give you some ideas on how you can cope with the post-PhD blues…
At the end of every semester, I look back at what I accomplished of my goals. Here's how I did in Summer 2023: Submit 3 papers: Submitted 1 journal paper and 3 conference papers.Work with PhD candidate to first draft…
At the beginning of every new semester, I work through my master tasklist for the semester start. The first thing I always do, is to review how I spent my time in te previous semester. I then use that information…
The PhD is the cherry on top of your education, and your dissertation is the pinnacle of your PhD. Getting to finalize your dissertation and defending it requires years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. At the end of your…
As I've been preparing quite a lot of new class material recently, I have been reflecting on how I used to prepare my class material and how I'm preparing my material now. I've been preparing new material as there have…
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…
As somebody who quite likes the internet and seeing things online, I've had periods of time when I certainly wasted too much time scrolling - especially on my phone. By now, I'm quite happy with how I spend my time…
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