Professor Iseult Lynch

In three words or phrases: student-specific, enabling independence, output-oriented.

Provision of Training

Your in-lab training will be supervised predominantly by my experienced post docs/PhD students, with experiment planning guided by me initially and increasingly based on your suggestions and insights.

Progression Monitoring and Management

As each student is different in how they work, I tailor my approach to the individual student broadly. Some like weekly meetings and to set targets for the week, others prefer a goal for the month or an plan for what they are working towards and like to figure out the how themsleves - thus I am happy to flex accoringly. I try to enable all students to find their optimal working style and to support them to reach their full potential, with a focus on ensuring publishable outcomes from the PhD research (as it is tax payer money so needs to be accountable / so they are competitive for their next career steps, whatever path they choose).

Communication

All students have my whatsapp / wechat contacts and can message me anytime - I encourage them to follow-up emails with a quick whatsapp message as I get so many emails that things can be missed. I prefer to resolve questions/issues as quickly as possible rather than letting things accummulate, so encourage frequent check-ins. I am happy to receive/respond to messages out of core work hours, but I will never send any out-of-hours.

PhD Students can expect scheduled meetings with me:

These meetings will be a mixture of face to face and via video chat or telephone. I am usually contactable for an instant response every working day.

Work Patterns

The timing of work in my lab is completely flexible, and (other than attending pre-arranged meetings), I expect students to manage their own time.

Notice Period for Feedback

I need at least 2 weeks' notice to provide feedback on written work of up to 5000 words.