We deliver lectures and run interactive, customized workshops
on communication and related topics for a range of audiences,
with particular expertise in research talks, papers, and posters,
including graphs. Our clients include top-notch universities
such as MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, Tsinghua, and ETH Zürich;
research centers such as Berkeley Lab, CERN, ICFO, and VIB;
and corporations such as Apple, BASF, GSK, and Warner Bros.
We deliver lectures and run interactive, customized workshops on communication and related topics for a range of audiences, with particular expertise in research talks, papers, and posters, including graphs. Our clients include top-notch universities such as MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, Tsinghua, and ETH Zürich; research centers such as Berkeley Lab, CERN, ICFO, and VIB; and corporations such as Apple, BASF, GSK, and Warner Bros.

Dr Doumont lecturing in Saudi Arabia

Head instructor

An articulate, entertaining, and thought-provoking instructor,
Jean-luc Doumont has unmatched expertise and experience.
An engineer (Louvain) and PhD in applied physics (Stanford),
he offers rational, no-nonsense advice that resonates strongly
with researchers. Over more than 30 years, he has addressed
grad students, postdocs, and faculty at some 200 universities
in over 30 countries in English, French, Dutch, and Spanish.
He is a regular invited speaker at events and at conferences,
and is just as well received by professionals in the real world.
An articulate, entertaining, and thought-provoking instructor, Jean-luc Doumont has unmatched expertise and experience. An engineer (Louvain) and PhD in applied physics (Stanford), he offers rational, no-nonsense advice that resonates strongly with researchers. Over more than 30 years, he has addressed grad students, postdocs, and faculty at some 200 universities in over 30 countries in English, French, Dutch, and Spanish. He is a regular invited speaker at events and at conferences, and is just as well received by professionals in the real world.

Acclaimed book

Our training sessions are underpinned by Jean-luc's book
Trees, maps, and theorems, on “effective communication
for rational minds” (2009). > Learn more about this book.
Our training sessions are underpinned by Jean-luc's book Trees, maps, and theorems, on “effective communication for rational minds” (2009). > Learn more about this book.

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