A survival guide for PHD Students
This guide helps PhD students navigate some of the challenges of early career researchers. The Optimist is brought to you by three multi-talented PhD students: Donya Pakravan, Joni Vanneste and Matthias Koch.
March 2021
How to combat misinformation? What was NERF director Sebastian Haesler's PhD like? What does a job as data scientist at Janssen look like?
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December 2020
- How to practices healthy perfectionism, by Jean-luc Doumont
- The story behind the switch lab PI duo, from Brussels to Cambridge and finally Leuven
- What a career as medical writer might look like
September 2020
Read more about removing barriers in science, about Johan Swinnen's PhD and Tijs Vandoorne 's life after the PhD.
June 2020
- Competition in Science
- interviews with PI Lynette Lim and former postdoc Julie Nys
- tips on improving your online visibility
December 2019
In this edition, read all about:
- Ego’s in science
- PI interview with Sandrine Thuret
- PhD interview with Damya Laoui
September 2019
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- Supporting the next generation of science
- PI interview with Ludo Van Den Bosch
- PhD interview with Luk & Idoya from Somersault
June 2019
Read the 2019 June edition online:
- Biased leadership?
- PI interview with Joris de Wit
- PhD interview with Jeroen Aerts
March 2019
- Publication obsession?
- PI interview with Adrian Liston
- PhD survival tips, and much more!