e/MTIC Career Advice from Alumni
Date: 24 September 2025 at 黑料福利网
Why Career Advice from an e/MTIC Alumni?
Thinking about the next step after your PhD, EngD, or PD? Not sure where to begin? The e/MTIC Career Advice from Alumni is an informal event designed to help you explore your options and get practical, firsthand advice from people who've already navigated the transition. e/MTIC Alumni gathering featured four inspiring professionals who shared their career paths after finishing their own PhD. With challenges and personal insights, each story highlighted the diverse ways passion and persistence shape an exciting career.
Four e/MTIC PhDs' Career Journeys:
- Emma Moonen 鈥� CTO & co-Founder, DXcrete, Wearable Health Tech
Emma transitioned from mechanical engineering to bioelectronics, driven by a growing interest in research. After completing a PhD focused on wearable sweat sensors for ICU patients, she founded a startup developing non-invasive monitoring devices based on discretised microfluidics.
Tip: 鈥淥wn your path鈥攄on not let others define it.鈥�
- Eveline Mestrom 鈥� Internist-Intensivist, M谩xima MC
Evelyn鈥檚 journey began in internal medicine and evolved through collaborative research on sodium levels. In the Catharina Hospital she joint the research team of Arthur Bouwman. She completed her PhD alongside a colleague (Jonna van der Stam) and now integrates research into her clinical role in M谩xima MC.
Tip: 鈥淢ultiply your time estimates by two and add a little extra to build a more realistic time schedule 鈥�
- Linda Eerik盲inen 鈥� Senior Data Scientist, Philips
Linda鈥檚 career spans biomedical engineering, algorithm development, and wearable cardiac monitoring. Her PhD bridged academia, industry, and clinical partners, leading to a senior role in data science.
Tip: 鈥淧ay attention to what energises you and what drains you to identify what type of work and roles are a good fit鈥�
- Rohan Joshi 鈥� Technical Project Lead, ASML
Starting with a love for research during his bachelor鈥檚 studies in India, he pursued a PhD in neonatal monitoring through a unique path involving collaborations with Philips and hospitals. Now at ASML, he leads diagnostics research in complex machinery.
Tip: 鈥淚nvert the problem, figure out how to do it badly, then avoid that.鈥�
Event Takeaways
- Collaboration across disciplines fuels innovation.
- Career paths are rarely linear; embrace the unexpected.
- Use self-awareness as a powerful compass for decision-making.
- Practical insight often comes from working experience.