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

Phil Dee

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139165471

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2012
Print publication year:: 2006
Online ISBN:: 9781139165471
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139165471

Subjects:: Science Handbooks, Life Sciences, Life Science Professional Development, General Science

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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. Phil Dee offers you the inside track on what life in the lab is really like with down-to-earth suggestions for making the most productive use of your time, dealing with personal relationships in science and maintaining your morale, as well as dealing with more practical issues like how to design a good poster. As well as being based on the author's own experiences, the book brings together a wealth of advice from other scientists who have made it in science, and from a few who haven't. The book will be accessible to all early career scientists worldwide.

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A Guide for PhD Students and Postdocs

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Foreword
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

PART I - The first couple of years
pp 1-2

1 - Choosing and handling your Ph.D. adviser
pp 3-9

2 - Motivation, time management, and multitasking
pp 10-16

3 - Handling the literature
pp 17-22

4 - Report writing
pp 23-25

5 - Powerful presentations
pp 26-28

PART II - The end of the beginning
pp 29-30

6 - Writing papers and abstracts
pp 31-42

7 - Conferences and poster presentations
pp 43-51

8 - Writing and defending your thesis
pp 52-58

9 - Coping with pressure and stress
pp 59-64

PART III - The transition to post-doctoral research
pp 65-66

10 - From graduate student to post-doc
pp 67-74

11 - Collaboration and visiting other labs
pp 75-84

12 - Supervising students in the lab
pp 85-90

13 - Teaching
pp 91-96

14 - Writing grant proposals and fellowship applications
pp 97-100

PART IV - Making it in science
pp 101-102

15 - Culturing your image
pp 103-108

16 - You and your big ideas
pp 109-113

17 - Planning for a permanent job
pp 114-119

18 - Do you have principal investigator (PI) potential?
pp 120-123

Epilogue
pp 124-124

Web-links
pp 125-126

Index
pp 127-130

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