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  • Science Communication
  • Writing and Presenting your Research
  • Training and Events
  • Science Outreach
  • Conferences, workshops & summer schools
  • Large annual conferences and societies
  • Smaller conferences
  • Summer schools and workshops
  • Class opportunities
  • List of courses past group members have taken & recommend
  • Decals
  • Fellowships & scholarships
  • Graduate Fellowships
  • Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Career development opportunities
  • Career counseling and coaching
  • LBL opportunities
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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!

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We have an internal collection of on our group Google Drive, with the following topics:

  • UCB Courses

  • Conferences/workshops

  • Science outreach & communication

  • Berkeley organizations

  • Fellowships/scholarships/awards

  • Textbooks

Science Communication

Writing and Presenting your Research

  • Steve Whitesides - "" [article]

  • Meny Elimelech - "" [presentation]

  • [book]

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  • [book] and handouts availabe at the link - Authored by the consultant who conducts presentation training for the LBNL SLAM

Training and Events

Science Outreach

  • 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

Conferences, workshops & summer schools

Here are some annual conferences group members have attended. See Travel page for info on how to apply and get reimbursed for conferences.

Large annual conferences and societies

  • 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)

Smaller conferences

  • Gordon Research Conferences

Summer schools and workshops

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

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(?)

Class opportunities

List of courses past group members have taken & recommend

Decals

These are 1-unit courses you can take for pass/no-pass or just audit for fun!

Fellowships & scholarships

Graduate Fellowships

  • 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

    • n.b. do NOT submit application until ALL letters of rec are in

  • ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship

  • Kavli Philomathia fellowship (Nanoscience), 1 year of funding and research stipend, can apply in 3rd year and later during PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Career development opportunities

Career counseling and coaching

LBL opportunities

- 3 minute thesis-style science communication competition for LBNL postdocs

- 3 minute thesis-style science communication competition for grad students

International School of materials for sustainale development & energy

Examples of successful and unsuccessful fellowships are in the . Add your own to help future students!

professional development resources
Writing a Paper
Practical Tips for Writing Effective Papers
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
Trees, Maps, and Theorems
LBNL SLAM
UC Grad Slam
Courses taken by students in the Persson Group
group drive
http://www.ipcb.ct.cnr.it/erice2022/