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YourCareer Week 2026 PhD panel: The Career Value of Failure: Building Resilience Through the PhD Journey and Beyond
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Join the PhD panel The Career Value of Failure: Building Resilience Through the PhD Journey by the TU Delft Career Centre during YourCareer Week 2026.
| Date Monday 23 November | Time 15:45 - 17:45 | |
| Location Aula, Frans van Hasseltzaal | Duration 2 hours | |
| Language English | For PhD candidates, Open to everyone | |
| Organised by TU Delft Career Centre | ||
About the panel
Join our panel of professionals from diverse backgrounds as they share personal experiences of overcoming setbacks, building resilience and navigating uncertainty throughout their careers. Discover practical strategies for responding to failure, maintaining confidence during challenging periods and turning obstacles into opportunities for development.
Whether you are considering a future in academia or beyond, this session helps you reframe failure as a natural part of growth and build the resilience you need to thrive in your career.
Meet the panellists
Natalia Vtyurina, PhD
Alumna
Natalia Vtyurina is an alumna of TU Delft's Faculty of Applied Sciences, where she obtained her PhD in Biophysics in 2016, and the 2024 winner of the TU Delft Marina van Damme Scholarship. Following postdoctoral research in nanomedicine and a career path in life sciences, she moved from academia to the pharmaceutical industry, contributing to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing and personalised cell therapies. She currently serves as European Chair of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Emerging Leaders, and as Founder and Chair of the ISPE Netherlands Quality Community of Practice. More recently, she has embarked on another career move towards healthcare policy and the public sector. Her career reflects continuous reinvention, resilience, and the courage to explore opportunities beyond academia.
Katie Barry
Educational Psychologist
Katie has a background as an educator, counsellor and programme coordinator, which has given her a bird's eye view of this topic and how it affects the various people involved. She also provides trainings as part of the UTQ team, a role that gives her much energy, as she interacts and shares insights with educators. Her primary responsibility is as an educational psychologist: she focuses on the educator's role in our Duty of Care, finding common ground between staff and students and creating clear boundaries in terms of responsibility.
Igor Nikolic
Associate Professor
Igor is a transdisciplinary systems engineer and researcher working at the intersection of socio-technical systems, decision making under uncertainty, and sustainability transitions. Alongside his research, he serves as a Neurodiversity and Mental Health Mentor within the TPM Graduate School, supporting the wellbeing and inclusion of PhD candidates.
How it works
| 1 | Register Register on this page from Friday 30 October, 12:30. Seats are limited. |
| 2 | Prepare Think about the questions you would like to ask the panellists. |
| 3 | Join the panel Hear their stories and ask your questions during the session. |
Can you no longer attend? Please unregister, so another student can take your seat.
Ready for the career fair?
| Speed dates Tuesday 24 November (career fair), from 11:30 onwards, Aula, Foyer. Book a 15 minutes conversation with a company. | Book a slot |
| Networking & Bites Tuesday 24 November, 12:30 - 13:45, Aula, Foyer. Meet more than 30 companies informally. Included in your registration for the week. | View event |
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This activity is part of TU Delft YourCareer Week.
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