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How to Find the Right Postdoc Position
Ming Li Many recent Ph.D. students would like to land a faculty position at a university or research institute soon after graduating. However, there are only a few of these opportunities available...
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Writing Up a (Scientific) Storm
Arti Agrawal As a Ph.D. student, I was exposed to only two kinds of science writing: textbooks and journal articles. When our work reached a sufficiently advanced stage, we wrote our own papers and...
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Planning Your Career During Your Ph.D.
Yanina Shevchenko This spring I attended a talk given by Greg Morrisett, Harvard University, who spoke to graduate students about how they could best use their time while pursuing their Ph.D. I...
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Networking through Student Conferences
Shota Ushiba We are often told about the importance of networking for furthering our careers. However, it’s not always easy for students to build these relationships, particularly as they are first...
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Transitioning Between Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies
Yaseera Ismail Life is full of transitions, and starting a career in science is no exception. One of the major shifts that I faced was moving from my undergraduate to postgraduate studies, and this...
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Career Reflections: Advice from Halvar Trodahl
OPN spoke with Halvar Trodahl, a senior associate at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, to get his perspective on working as a consultant with a Ph.D. in physics.What is your...
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How to benefit from internships, exchanges and scholarships
Christian Reimer Deciding where you want to conduct your graduate studies and on what kind of research are very difficult and important choices. Getting into the right program—ideally on a full...
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Finding Meaning in Your Ph.D. Research
Arti Agrawal I recently interviewed a Ph.D. candidate, and it brought back memories of my own graduate student days. In particular, it got me thinking about the times when I struggled to define...
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Pursuing Science in South Africa
Yaseera Ismail I have worked and studied at South African universities since beginning my undergraduate degree. I started my research career at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research...
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Bright Futures Q&A: Michelle Xu
OPN: Many people in science initially envision themselves in an academic career. Was that your initial goal? If not, what career trajectory were you envisioning for yourself?I did not initially...
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