Tag Archives: Academia

A new chapter: looking back, looking forward

Posted on December 5, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Last year I wrote about a major milestone: moving The 3D Lab to Utrecht University and stepping into my role as assistant professor in ecological scaling. Today, I’m happy to share the next chapter in that story: as of November, … Continue reading →

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Fostering growth in The 3D Lab: insights from our interactive sessions

Posted on December 29, 2024 by lembrechtsjonas

The 3D Lab is a dynamic team of young scientists, brought together by their shared enthusiasm for exploring scientific topics under my guidance. Currently, the team comprises one postdoc, one PhD student, and several master and bachelor students. For many, … Continue reading →

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Smart time management for the overwhelmed postdoc

Posted on April 4, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

Look, I am an ambitious young scientist, but I don’t want to be swamped by work. Witha young family, I know all too well how challenging it can be to juggle work and personal responsibilities. I dream of doing all … Continue reading →

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Failure

Posted on February 8, 2023 by lembrechtsjonas

I started tracking my time at work in detail at the start of my postdoc in 2018, using the amazing app ‘Timeular’. This series of stories provides some insights into postdoc life using that data. In a postdoc, not everything … Continue reading →

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Linguistic wonders

Posted on April 1, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

So, I had a little question: did my English vocabulary improve after 5 years of paper writing? Good question, I thought, and nothing our good friend R could not help me answer! So I dove into the data, read in … Continue reading →

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