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038 // How to Be Outstanding During Your Graduate Research With Dr. Lantsoght
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038 // How to Be Outstanding During Your Graduate Research With Dr. Lantsoght

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Dr. Lantsoght graduated with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 2008. She later earned a Master's degree in Structural Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) in 2009 and the title of Doctor in Structural Engineering from Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft, the Netherlands) in 2013. In the academic field, Dr. Lantsoght is a full professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Quito, Ecuador) and a tenured assistant professor at Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft, Netherlands).

In addition, she is the editor and main author of the PhD Talk blog, co-host of the PhD Talk podcast, and author of several advice books for PhD candidates.

What you will learn in this episode

  • What to consider before going to graduate school

  • The difference between a masters and PhD program

  • Dr. Lantsoght experience as an international student doing a PhD program in the US

  • The difference of research and culture between the US, Netherlands, and Ecuador

  • The tools she uses to keep her life in order

  • What strategies she use to boost productivity as a professor and researcher

Resources

Four Reasons you SHOULD Go to Graduate School
The Masters vs Experience Discussion with Iasmin Rosa
Four Reasons you SHOULD NOT Go To Graduate School
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