Academic Scientists at Work: Navigating the Biomedical Research Career

✍ Scribed by Jeremy M. Boss, Susan H. Eckert (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 243
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Academic Scientists at Work guides the scientist on the journey from the end of a postdoctoral career to the point of promotion to Associate Professor.
The book includes valuable advice on:

-Choosing and getting your ideal academic job;
-Setting up and effectively managing the lab;
-Obtaining funds;
-Teaching and mentoring;
-The promotion and tenure process.

Also offered are template worksheets and point-by-point instructions on how to complete them, with downloadable blank worksheet versions contained in the accompanying CD-ROM. Included are six database program files that can be used to help the reader organize his/her laboratory specific reagents.

Academic Scientists at Work is a valuable resource for the Career Scientist who demands and expects the best.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Genttin’ a Job....Pages 7-25
Gettin’ Started....Pages 27-38
Gettin’ Money....Pages 39-55
Managing Your Laboratory....Pages 57-79
Faculty Citizenship....Pages 81-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Being A Scholar....Pages 95-109
Being A Teacher....Pages 111-121
Mentoring 1-On-1....Pages 123-134
Academic Service....Pages 135-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Promotion and Tenure....Pages 151-164
Survey Says.......Pages 165-177

✦ Subjects

Education (general); Science Education; Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine general