Professional development
[WIP] Collection of professional development opportunities for group members in the field of sustainable materials science and beyond. This is meant to be a living document, please add to it!
We have an internal collection of professional development resources on our group Google Drive, with the following topics:
- UCB Courses
- Conferences/workshops
- Science outreach & communication
- Berkeley organizations
- Fellowships/scholarships/awards
- Textbooks
- Trees, Maps, and Theorems [book] and handouts availabe at the link - Authored by the consultant who conducts presentation training for the LBNL SLAM
- Berkeley Lab K-12
- BASIS, CRS
- Be a Scientist, CRS
- UC Berkeley "Grad Slam" Competition
- LBNL Postdoc Slam Competition
- Exploring your Universe Symposium
- Cycle for Science
- National Science Policy Network (NSPN)
- Skype a Scientist
Here are some annual conferences group members have attended. See Conference Travel page for info on how to apply and get reimbursed for conferences.
- Materials Research Society (MRS): Fall and Spring meetings, smaller conferences too
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
- European Materials Research Society (e-MRS): Fall and Spring Meetings
- Electrochemical society (ECS)
- American chemical society (ACS)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
- Gordon Research Conferences
There are so many short courses, summer schools and workshops out there! We recommend just googling "summer school" and the topic you are interested in. Here is a collection of some courses or workshops that group members have attended:
Workshop | Info | Group member(s) who have gone |
|---|---|---|
Materials Project Workshop | Hosted by us, end of summer | |
International School of materials for sustainale development & energy http://www.ipcb.ct.cnr.it/erice2022/ | This week-long school oscillates between CalTech and Sicily every year. | Rachel –– I went to it in Sicily in 2018. It was delightful and I got class credit! They offer scholarships too |
American Vacuum Society (AVS) Sputtering Short Course | Three day long course on sputter deposition for materials synthesis. | Rachel –– attended in 2017 |
SSRL School on Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Techniques | | Rachel –– attended in 2015(?) |
These are 1-unit courses you can take for pass/no-pass or just audit for fun!
Examples of successful and unsuccessful fellowships are in the group drive. Add your own to help future students!
- NSF Graduate research fellowship (NSF GRFP), 3 years of funding, can apply before or in beginning of PhD
- NDSEG, 3 years of funding, can apply before or in beginning of PhD
- ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship
- Kavli Philomathia fellowship (Nanoscience), 1 year of funding and research stipend, can apply in 3rd year and later during PhD