PhDay

This PhD Day aims to promote discussion and recognition of the challenges faced by doctoral students throughout their career, as well as to create a space for meeting and sharing among students from different scientific areas and various courses. Throughout the afternoon, there will be presentations of initiatives at the UC that can be essential complements to the doctoral and post-doctoral course, and to a healthy experience.

Target Audience: Doctoral students at the UC

Face-to-face event | Portuguese/English

Number of vacancies: 100

Date: 27th October 2022, 2:00pm

Venue: Auditorium II in Student Hub

2:00pm | Opening Session

Amílcar Falcão, Rector, University of Coimbra

Pedro Silva, Member of the General Council representing the 3rd cycle of the University of Coimbra

2:10pm | Being a PhD Student at UC [EN]
Cláudia Cavadas, Vice-Rector, University of Coimbra

2:30pm | Challenges during the PhD [EN]

João Ramalho, Full Professor, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra

Shiva Saadatian, Manager of the Strategic Area of Research UC: Climate, Energy and Mobility

Daniela Costa, PhD student in Sports Sciences, Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education

Moderation: Ana Santos Carvalho

3:15pm| Opportunities at the UC

The contribution of EDs to doctoral career development [PT]

Isabel Neves, Manager of Strategic Research Area UC: Natural Resources, Agro-Food and Environment

Keeping healthy during your PhD [PT]

António Queirós and Maria João Martins, Health and Safety at Work Management Services,Social Services, University of Coimbra

Science Communication: NIS, PubhD, SoapBox and 3 Minute Thesis [PT/EN]

Ana Carvalho, Coordinator for Science Communication, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, UC

Kevin Leandro, PhD student, winner of the 3rd edition UC3MT

Moderation: Pedro Silva

4:00pm | Coffee-break

4:30pm | Round Table "And after the PhD? [PT]

Pedro Farias, Centre for Mechanical Engineering Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE)

Hugo Paiva Carvalho, CITHARA

Marta Passadouro, EITHealth InnoStars

Moderation: Maria João Neves, Manager of the Strategic Area of Research UC: Health

5:15pm | Networking moment [PT/EN]

UC's PhD Students Association

5:45pm | PhD@UC Initiative [PT/EN]
Cláudia Cavadas, Vice-Rector, University of Coimbra

UC's PhD Students Association

6:15pm | Closing Ceremony

Cláudia Cavadas, Vice-Rector, University of Coimbra

10:00pm | PubhD Coimbra - Liquidâmbar

Nucleus for Doctoral Students of the University of Coimbra

Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra