Welcome to
Science Kitchen

We make science easier

Science is hard enough: We make it easier

Science is hard. Generating and analysing your data is hard enough, and then what about all that other stuff? Writing papers, giving talks, getting grant money…. Here at Science Kitchen we give training to make that ‘other stuff’ easier. And more fun.

What we do: Training Courses and Coaching for Scientists

We give training courses for PhD students, post docs and group leaders in presentation skills, paper writing, dealing with reviewers and grant writing. We also offer individual coaching for Postdocs and Group leaders in grant writing (ERC, DFG and others). We offer our courses and coaching online, on-site at your institute, or in our home city, Berlin.

What people say about us

We wanted to share with you the great news, and also to thank you for all the excellent work you put together, and for your help and support with the MAGNESIS proposal.
Successful ERC synergy grant, 2025

Honestly – that was the best ever workshop in my entire life! Thank you so, so much for sharing all your insights with us. Looking forward to see you the next time 🙂
Career orientation for PhD students, 2025

Dear Leonie, your course was a fantastic experience. You were really on point and I have the feeling I learned a lot about how to approach writing a research proposal. Thank you so much!
Grant writing for PhD students and postdocs, 2025

I really enjoyed getting these “recipes” for good structure and immediately trying them out in the assignments; I’m amazed by how the process of writing the Introduction or Results sections has become faster and more independent of AI chatbots.
Paper writing for PhD students and postdocs, 2025

Thank you so much! I really feel a lot more prepared and better equipped for my next project proposal and grant application. It makes all the difference you’ve been through the whole career path and sat on the grant committee!

Grant writing for PhD students and postdocs, 2025

It was a pleasure to be a participant in this course. Thank you for the enjoyable sessions. You are such a lovely person who is incredibly good at communicating her immense knowledge. It is fun to listen to you.
Paper writing for PhD students and post docs, 2025

I learned a huge amount of really useful things, but instead of it being exhausting and boring it was really really fun and I had an amazing time!!!
Paper writing for PhD students and post docs, 2025

I enjoyed the enthusiasm, the friendly environment, the constructive feedback. Perfect balance between theory and practice. Very good materials to work with. Everything was great.
Paper writing for PhD students and post docs, 2025

Your presence is strong and that energy is fuel for Youngers to drive to the goals. Broom Broom! Thank you!
Career orientation for PhD students, 2025

Training Courses

ALL COURSES & TRAINER INFO (PDF)

TRAINER CV (PDF)

New workshops in 2026!

After test driving some new workshops we are ready to share! We have added two new workshops, available from 2026 onwards: Improvisation and storytelling for science communication and Career skills for doctoral students.

Our existing workshops on presentation, paper writing, dealing with reviewers and grant writing are still going full steam ahead!

New! Improv

New! Career

Presentations

Papers

Reviewers

Grants

Individual Coaching for Grant Applications

You have a grant deadline? How about individual coaching? Get feedback and guidance on your proposal from an experienced grant writer and reviewer, with 8 years experience on ERC panels and over 5.7 million Euros in successful grants. From draft to submission: your success is our goal.

Individual
Coaching
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I am a scientist who loves to teach

I am a British former professor in molecular biology at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (2015- 2024). I am convinced that effective communication is essential to unlock the full potential of all scientists. I firmly believe that everyone can learn excellent scientific writing and presentation, and that it can be fun. My experiences over 28 years of teaching scientific communication at all levels confirm this belief.

MORE ABOUT US

Outstanding expertise

Native English speaker
32 years research experience
28 years teaching science communication
> 36 publications, >5100 citations (google scholar)
> 5.7 Million EUR in grants
9 years professor at HU Berlin
Winner of HU Berlin life sciences teaching prize
ERC Starting Grant panel member (2013-2019)

CV (PDF)

I am a scientist who loves to teach

MORE ABOUT US

Outstanding expertise

Native English speaker
32 years research experience
28 years teaching science communication
> 36 publications, >5100 citations (google scholar)
> 5.7 Million EUR in grants
9 years professor at HU Berlin
Winner of HU Berlin life sciences teaching prize
ERC Starting Grant panel member (2013-2019)

CV (PDF)

Our teaching concept: participants construct their own knowledge

We believe in logic, rules, play and fun. Our teaching is grounded on these principles. We use the concept of constructive alignment. Participants construct their skills and knowledge through learning activities that are aligned with the intended learning outcomes. In other words, our training is hands-on, highly interactive and relevant to the topic. In a course on writing a paper, you will write a paper. In a course on giving a presentation, you will give presentations. In all of our courses, participants receive detailed feedback. They gain a deep functioning knowledge of the concepts of the topic and use this to produce work that they can build on.