I recently came across the following document by Professor Alan M Johnson, which appears to be distributed freely by Elsevier and entitled “Charting a Course for a

Random thoughts about conducting scientific research, supervising students and «toys» that make creative activities even funnier…
I recently came across the following document by Professor Alan M Johnson, which appears to be distributed freely by Elsevier and entitled “Charting a Course for a
Each research group has its own dynamics. In some, entering grad students get a very detailed “charge” list saying for example, there is a group
A part from the obvious discussion on salary, TA or other forms of support, here is a list of relevant questions you should be asking
This topic probably happen between you (the thesis advisor) and the first author (your grad student) for almost every paper: what is the author list
I design, plan, execute and complete projects on a regular basis for quite a number of years now. As a researcher, it is an integral
In a discussion with a postdoc of mine, she was telling me that she observed that advisors are of three types: opener, middle cruncher and