#128: Interview with Flávia Sousa on Academic Mentorship and Transferable Skills

Has your academic path lacked solid mentorship and support? Do you feel that, in order to move up, you need management skills that weren't passed on to you during the PhD? Well, Flávia Sousa has "been-there, done-that" and in today's episode she tells our host, Tina Persson , how she is working on making it easier for you! Flávia Sousa holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from ICBAS , in Portugal, and is currently a Senior Scientist at Adolph Merkle Institute , in Switzerland. Her current goal is to become a full professor, and she is also the founder of her own company and passion project, LYRIS , which is focused on providing mentorship and courses for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. During the episode, Flávia talks about her drive to help other academics succeed in the less science-focused parts of their jobs, and how LYRIS came to be. While exploring her personal experiences in international environments, she and Tina talk about the most important skills for the future, such as language learning, teaching skills, and the ability to manage people. Flávia also shares how crucial it is to choose a country where you will be happy even outside of work and a supportive supervisor, but she also highlights that, most of all, you should "enjoy life!" through it all! For the transcript, please click here: PhD Career Stories is on all major Social Media channels. To receive more content regularly,

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#128: Interview with Flávia Sousa on Academic Mentorship and Transferable Skills is an episode from PhD Career Stories by Tina Persson.

This episode is 35:16 long.

This episode was published on Nov 10, 2023.

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