Sharpen your drafts. Polish your presentations.
Hone your powers of science communication.
My Services
Writing and Presentation Coaching
Receive personal guidance to level-up your writing and presenting skills.
Courses & Workshops
Boost your skills alongside colleagues and other knowledge professionals
Testimonials
“The detailed feedback changed how I approach introductions and discussions in my papers.”
— PhD Candidate, Amsterdam UMC
“I came in stressed about giving presentations, but left with practical tips and much more confidence.”
— PhD Candidate, ARCNL
“Of all the presenting classes I have taken in the last few years, this was the most solid.”
— PhD Candidate, SRON
“Michael’s comments gave me new tools to make my writing clearer and more professional.”
— PhD Candidate, NIOZ
“The training was very fun, knowledgeable, and essential for academic work.”
— PhD Candidate, Amsterdam UMC
“The feedback on my presentation was constructive and personalized. Exactly what I needed.”
— PhD Candidate, TU Delft
“The storytelling elements and exercises helped me explain my project in plain words with purpose.”
— PhD Candidate, TU Delft
“I now understand why some sentences work better; the feedback clarified the logic behind structure and flow.”
— PhD Candidate, Amsterdam UMC
About Me
Academic writing and presenting are hard. Not because you lack intelligence or ideas, but because our institutions of higher education don’t always explicitly teach what goes into making our science communication compelling, and clear for various kinds of audiences. As researchers, we figure it out for ourselves through (often too many) hours of trial and error—or they don’t.
That’s where I come in. I like to fill that gap. Through editing, coaching, and hands-on training, I like to help researchers at any level get to the center of their research narratives and science stories and communicate their work effectively to any audience in any format.
This is what I love to do: get to know students and researchers across all kinds of disciplines and talk with them about their work. To do that, and to see their skills sharpen.
Since I began this line of work some eight or so years ago, I’ve had the luck and pleasure of teaching and coaching PhD candidates as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s students at universities and institutions such as VU Amsterdam, TU Delft, AUMC, NIOZ, NWO, Leiden UMC, and others. Sometimes these are courses spanning several weeks. Sometimes they are short and sweet workshops. Sometimes they are individual coaching sessions. And they are always fun and fruitfull.
I hold a pair of Master’s degrees in sociology and social science, where I focused heavily on communication science, with a particular interest in dissecting scientific narratives and science stories. Perhaps my Bachelor’s degree in creative writing had a bit of an influence on my topical choices. Whatever may have influenced these choices, it’s a pleasure to turn those skills to helping you sharpen your own.
