• Question: What would you say is the most important thing to know before starting a PHD?

    Asked by anon-334959 to Karina on 3 Oct 2022.
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      Karina de Almeida LIns answered on 3 Oct 2022:

      Hi, this is a good question 🙂

      I would say that you don’t need to be an expert in the area of your PhD, neither absolutely sure about what are your career plans – most of the knowledge and career preferences will be developed during the process.

      Two very useful things to know before starting a PhD are 1) take the most of a literature search – know where to search, use the right keywords to find good paper in your area, have a good understanding of the papers and apply it to your PhD; and 2) have a good knowledge on how to plan and organise your experiments using good time management.

      Good luck on your studies!

      Karina Lins

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