Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research: A Guide for PhD Students and Postdocs

ISBN: 9780521617406 出版年：2006 页码：144 Dee Cambridge University Press

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.