#128: Interview with Flavia Sousa on Academic Mentorship and Transferable Skills
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Has your academic path lacked solid mentorship and support? Do you feel that, in order to move up, you need management skills that weren\\u2019t passed on to you during the PhD? Well, Fl\\xe1via Sousa has \\u201cbeen-there, done-that\\u201d and in today\\u2019s episode she tells our host, Tina Persson, how she is working on making it easier for you!
Fl\\xe1via 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, Fl\\xe1via 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.
Fl\\xe1via 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 \\u201cenjoy life!\\u201d through it all!
For the transcript, please click here: https://phdcareerstories.com/pub/fsousa
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