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

Luis | Planning Engineered

May 26, 2021

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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