PhD Vânia Aguiar
EMCL strengthened my desire to pursue an academic career
I decided to apply for EMCL because I aspired to pursue a career in academia. I wanted to spend two semesters studying at the UG because I had a particular interest in aphasia, and so I wanted to work with Prof. Roelien Bastiaanse. That was a really good decision! The city of Groningen is simply charming, and the University's facilities are impressive.As for the courses, I particularly enjoyed the research-oriented teaching methodology. By the end of the taught semesters, I did not feel stressed about coming up with my own ideas for a thesis... I have travelled between IDEALAB partner universities in Italy, Australia and The Netherlands (Groningen), where I was supervised by internationally renowned researchers, and I have access to neuroimaging and neuromodulation techniques which I was able to use during my experiments. The fact that I had already learned about Event Related Potentials (ERPs) during EMCL, made it easier for me to address my PhD topic from different perspectives. Currently I am working as one of the teachers at the neurolinguistics departement in Groningen.EMCL has strengthen my desire to pursuit an academic career. I am confident that the network that I have established and the skills that I have acquired will be key to reach my goals.
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