Your P.hD. is not a sprint but a marathon Thesis work Doctoral programm & course planningFieldwork & lab workSample & data processingWriting Photo by Jess Bailey Designs on Pexels.com 1) Joining a doctoral program is an excellent opportunity to discover new courses (knowledge), train (skills), and put into practice what you have learned (competencies). To avoid … Continue reading Post#13…PhD tips & tricks Series: Your P.hD.

The mailbox, the monster that never stops growing…who feeds it? Administrative follow-up EmailsDatasetsProtocolsMSc & Bsc Supervision Photo by Wesley Tingey  on Unsplash.com 1) Emails. I try to discipline myself by checking my emails and taking 1 hour at the beginning of the day and a moment in the early afternoon to read and answer some emails. … Continue reading Post#12…PhD tips & tricks Series: Administrative follow-up

Defining different working groups generally helps me a lot. I like to work with people, particularly when it goes well (don't you agree?). Thus, with all different working groups, I set goals. I also try to keep in touch with the groups to stay on track. Management of working groups: Thesis supervisorsLaboratory techniciansColleaguesBachelor & master studentsExtra-muros collaborations … Continue reading Post#11…PhD tips & tricks Series: working groups

The environment in which I work is essential to me; the arrangement of my workplace must be intuitive to the maximum so that I can work efficiently and pleasantly. From the beginning of my master's project, I understood that I would have to juggle different tasks, documents, protocols, articles to read, etc..… So imagine when you … Continue reading Post#10…PhD tips & tricks Series: workspace management