Learning objectives
Advancing in a scientific career feels more like a marathon than a sprint. In addition to the academic challenges, life often gives you lemons. This webinar focuses on the most relevant steps throughout a research career and the skills needed to succeed:
- How to plan the foreseeable and cope with the unexpected changes.
- How to turn obstacles into opportunities for personal growth.
Faculty

Marta Alonso Peña
Moderator

Mattias Mandorfer
Moderator

Annalisa Berzigotti
Faculty

Johanne Poisson
Faculty

Georg Semmler
Faculty
Agenda
- Introduction
- How to kickstart your career and obtain a Ph.D. – Georg Semmler
- How to survive living in deadline mode
- How to overcome different personal obstacles
- 5 min individual discussion
- Post-doc to PI. – Johanne Poisson
- “Should I stay or should I go?” – How to navigate moving abroad
- How to get independent: Separating yourself from your supervisor
- 5 min individual discussion
- PI to Full Professor. – Annalisa Berzigotti
- How to build a group / service from scratch
- How to be a good mentor
- 5 min individual discussion
- 10 min joint discussion