Author: Martijn van de Mortel, Ph.D.
Martijn van de Mortel, Ph.D.
Choices, Choices
Your degree demanded that you design experiments, run them, and draw conclusions from your findings in the context of other people’s research. So, you clear the hurdle of becoming a competent scientist, but where are you going to apply your skills? Now you are looking for a job after your grad...
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Martijn van de Mortel, Ph.D.
What to focus on in graduate school
Learning to compute how fast an elliptical container drains was personally really thrilling, but that knowledge left my brain a long time ago and all that’s left is the memory that I could once make those calculations. On the other hand, just this past week, I was trying to figure out Random...
Martijn van de Mortel, Ph.D.
Life in Industry
Life, and work culture, in industry differs greatly from my days in an academic lab. These differences range from involvement in experimentation, communication, control of my work, how I manage work relationships, and the focus on trainings.
Martijn van de Mortel, Ph.D.
Finding My Way Into the Ag Industry
How did I decide on my career path? That is a good question! For me, it came down to the opportunities I had and the ones I ended up accepting. I knew I wanted a graduate degree in science, and I decided to study molecular biology, because genetics (biology) and chemistry were topics I liked ...
