Thesis talk

[birdienl]

I submitted my PhD thesis yesterday! Four years of work on paper and now out of my hands :-S



The thesis will now be read by the so-called 'reading committee' of 5 professors. And then I will have to have the thesis designed and printed as a booklet. And then there's the thesis defence date at the 21st of June. So, I'm not completely done, but this is one big step nonetheless!
(No more writing and editing, no more evening and weekend work in the coming time, more time to read and relax!)

Comments

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Ugh, it's not easy nowadays... Good luck!

[kolibrichen.livejournal.com]

I know, but I have to keep the hope up and try and try again until I'm getting lucky ;)

Do you have plans for the time after your PhD-thesis/ project?

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

I'm currently still employed at the university until the end of July, be it only for 50% (but that's totally okay for now, what with all the things I still have to do for my thesis defence). A scientist from the clinical department of our Faculty wants to submit a proposal at a research funding organisation and has asked me to work for her as a postdoc if the proposal is accepted. I hope to know the outcome of that somewhere this summer. If it's not accepted, I will apply for postdocs or other research jobs (government?) and I'm also thinking about maybe trying teaching. I don't want to work in the pharmaceutical industry though, I believe that's not my 'thing'.