Phil Dee

Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research

A Guide for PhD Students and Postdocs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From PhD student to post-doc, Phil Dee has been sharing his career experiences with fellow scientists in his regular and acclaimed Science Next Wave column since 2000. Now his invaluable and entertaining advice is available in this compact warts-and-all guide to getting your science PhD and subsequent post-doctoral employment as a researcher. Dee offers you the inside track on what life in the lab is really like with down-to-earth suggestions for handling personal relationships in science, maintaining your morale or designing a good poster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 241g
• ISBN-13: 9780521617406
• ISBN-10: 0521617405
• Artikelnr.: 20984051

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Part I. The First Couple of Years: 1. Choosing and handling your PhD adviser
2. Motivation, time management and multitasking
3. Handling the literature
4. Report writing
5. Powerful presentations
Part II. The End of the Beginning: 6. Writing papers and abstracts
7. Conferences and poster presentations
8. Writing and defending your thesis
9. Coping with pressure and stress
Part III. The Transition to Postdoctoral Research: 10. The transition from graduate student to post-doc
11. Collaboration and visiting other labs
12. Supervising students
13. Teaching
14. Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications
Part IV. Making it in Science: 15. Culturing your image
16. You and your big ideas
17. Planning for a permanent job
18. Do you have Principal Investigator (PI) potential?
Epilogue
Web-links
Index.