Last year I was one of the lucky PhD-students who visited the PCDI retreat in wonderful surroundings of Heeze…trying to broaden my scope as a scientist and plan my future career, I left my hometown Groningen for a few days 'abroad'.
It seems strange, but changing my surroundings already cleared my mind and forced me to think about other things than my lab work. I was determined: these three days in Heeze were dedicated to me and my future only! Many workshops, presentations, discussions and meet-and-greets confirmed my thoughts: my future lies within the academia.
During this period I initiated the next step within my career: applying for a postdoctoral position in the USA. My blog deals with many things PhD-students and postdocs deal with; working in the academic world, career planning and issues, job interviews, working abroad, and many other subjects.
From April 2010 I will live in Philadelphia where I will work as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. In my blog I will continue to write about this new adventure and experience of working abroad as a postdoctoral fellow.
“Time: fast and invisible”, when you’re at the very end of writing your Thesis…..
14 January 2010
posted by Sabina Lukovac
After visiting a conference in Boston I made my second trip to Philadelphia last month; I must say the more relaxing way to visit a city is without a job interview… Honestly, I can’t wait to start there in April! However, so many things need to be arranged before…
After a long period of preparations, planning and excitiment to find a proper postdoc lab and arrange a visit, I can finally say: it was all worth it!!! At the end of my trip, I was very fortunate to choose between the two labs of my first choice :)
