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Summary
Summary
"Mastering your PhD" helps guide PhD students through their graduate student days. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, staying the course, and planning for the future, this book is a handy guide for graduate students who need that extra bit of help getting started and making it through. Every year, thousands of students around the world embark on the long and difficult journey toward a PhD. Some of these students will make it through their program with flying colors. Others will experience difficulty getting to the end: some will sink and some will manage to swim -- barely. The doctoral years can be daunting. While mainly directed to PhD students in the sciences, the book's scope is broad enough to encompass the obstacles and hurdles that almost all PhD students face at some point in their doctoral training. Who should read this book? Students of the physical and life sciences, computer science, math, and medicine thinking about entering a PhD program, doctoral students at the beginning of their research and any graduate student who is feeling frustrated and stuck. It's never too early or too late! "A must for any student in natural science who is doing or is considering doing a PhD. Also, I strongly recommend PhD supervisors to read this book -- they will learn a lot."Henrik Stapelfeldt, Professor of Chemistry, Arhus Denmark"At last, a book about graduate study that paints the big picture and that recognizes PhD work as a real job involving many of the same relationship and business issues that will be important to students throughout their careers. Outstanding!"Lou Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, University of Virginia, USA
Table of Contents
Preface | p. v |
Chapter 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 Getting Started | p. 7 |
Starting off on the right foot | |
Chapter 3 Setting Goals and Objectives | p. 11 |
Who says you can't plan science? | |
Chapter 4 How to Think Like a Scientist | p. 21 |
Coming to grips with the scientific method | |
Chapter 5 Good Experimental Design | p. 27 |
The key to scientific success | |
Chapter 6 Charting Your Progress Month by Month | p. 37 |
Staying on track so you don't get lost in the research jungle | |
Chapter 7 Dealing with Setbacks | p. 43 |
Coping with the frustrations of the research life | |
Chapter 8 The Art of Good Communication | p. 51 |
How to communicate with others to maximize your success | |
Chapter 9 The Art of Good Communication, Part 2 | p. 65 |
Presentation Skills and Group Meetings | |
Keep them hanging on the edge of their seats | |
Chapter 10 Searching the Scientific Literature | p. 75 |
Getting comfortable in the library | |
Chapter 11 Your First International Conference | p. 81 |
Getting out and about in the world of scientific meetings | |
Chapter 12 From Data to Manuscript: | |
Writing Scientific Papers That Shine | p. 91 |
Tips for writing up your research into concise and readable articles | |
Chapter 13 Celebrate Your Success | p. 101 |
Isn't it time to pat yourself on the back for a job well done? | |
Chapter 14 How to Cope with Your Annual Evaluation | p. 105 |
Putting yourself and your work in the best possible light | |
Chapter 15 The Final Year: Countdown to Your Thesis Defence | p. 113 |
It's all in the planning | |
Chapter 16 Putting It All Together: a PhD ... so What's Next? | p. 123 |
Getting a jump start on career planning | |
Chapter 17 Writing Your Doctoral Thesis with Style | p. 135 |
Breaking it down into manageable pieces | |
Chapter 18 The Final Act: | |
Defending Your Thesis with Panache | p. 145 |
How to pull off a memorable thesis defence | |
Chapter 19 Lessons Learned | p. 151 |
Final thoughts at the end of the journey | |
About the Authors | p. 155 |
Acknowledgements | p. 156 |