Interview with Dr. José Martinez Reyes

What are your strengths?

Resilience.

May I know your weaknesses?

Could be obsessiveness.

What are your goals?

Excellence.

Where do you want to be in next 5 years time?

Better scientific every day a few little more.

What 3 positive words would your colleagues/friends say about you?

Disciplined, applied and diligent.

Tell me about a time when something went well?

Always anytime seeing all in good perspective..

Tell me about a time when something went wrong and you dealt with it?

Any time treating to overcome weaknesses.

What is your greatest achievement?

A great achievement could be my doctoral degree.

What & who motivates you?

My parents.

What do you want to develop about yourself?

Could be learn more languages.

How do you handle pressure/stress?

In some ways: could be coming out to walk or to dinning.

What do you like to do outside of work? Many things, as examples the mentioned above

What’s unique about you?

My interest in my job.

Tell me about how a professional qualification you have obtained has helped you personally?

My postgraduates to obtain a better job.

Tell me about a significant crisis you have faced?

During my doctoral studies debt to the hard academic exigency.

How do you resolve conflict in the groups or teams that you are a part of?

Tolerance and resolution problem tools.

Tell me about a time when you changed your priorities to meet others’ expectations?

Sometimes is necessary to decide between an aspect of the personal life and other.

Tell me about a difficult decision that you have made?

As example the mentioned above.

What significant problems have you faced in the last year?

Some.

Tell me how you organize your work and schedule your time?

Analyzing and pondering.

Describe a situation you were involved in that required a multi-dimensional communication strategy?

As area head are necessary strategies as mentioned.

Give an example of a difficult or sensitive situation that required extensive communication?

As previously mentioned, situations that present being area head requires extensive communication.

What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?

Every class teaching, every student that finishes, every publication…all are very important because give infinite satisfaction.

Describe a time when you led or motivated others?

Every class requires it, also as area head it is required.

Describe a situation where you were successful in getting people to work together effectively?

Newly, every class, every situation as area head requires it also.

Describe a situation in which you were a member (not a leader) of a team and a conflict arose within the team. What did you do?

Suggest an alternative of solution.

Tell me about a time when you were able to change someone’s view point significantly?

Is an aptitude required at every moment.

Tell me about a time when you were asked to do something that you disagreed with?

Newly, is an aptitude required at every moment, be able to do in the job, included all those that disagree us.

What your researchers should develop in research?

Specialized and interdisciplinary research.

May I know about your research students? How many members awarded with the degree PhD/M.Phil?

Some.

By considering all of your research students, who is the best researcher you would like us to know?

Every one has any particularity that makes her or him special.

What is the greatest work done by your research students which have shown greatest impact in that field?

A thesis that won a distinction.

What type of research is going on in your laboratory?

Experimental and computational modeling of energetic systems.

Describe a specific problem solved by you?

A design of equipment for a company.

What is an approach for a problem?

Engineering design

Give some commonly faced repercussions in your life with which you failed to meet your deadline?

Normally I treat to comply always my deadlines.

In such situations what are the measures you have taken to avoid such repercussions when the same deadline is set in course of time?

Dedicate all the time to comply.

What are the qualities of an ideal student/learner?

Discipline and dedication

What are the qualities of an ideal teacher?

Dominate her/his area, communication skills, empathy.

Which stage of education for a child is important?

Everyone has its importance.

Does nationalism has any impact in learning process?

Determinate.

Does one education system suit for all set of students across the world?

Is an ideal situation.

How to initiate problem based learning?

Planting real situations that involucrate problematic situations.

What is the goal of education?

Generate ethic, critic and autonomous persons.

What is the root cause of existing scenario of choosing education as an earning source than learning source?

The vigent neoliberal educational paradigm.

Role of emotional intelligence of a person?

Is essential for a good professional and personal development.

How to define a success?

Could be compliment of goals.

How to handle failure?

Initially with motivation.

Does a person daily routine has an impact in learning?

Could be, and is important that this routine be positive.

Finally, what do you suggest the young/upcoming researchers?

Dedication to their particular affinitive area.

You may also like...