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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!

We have an internal collection of professional development resourcesarrow-up-right on our group Google Drive, with the following topics:

  • UCB Courses

  • Conferences/workshops

  • Science outreach & communication

  • Berkeley organizations

  • Fellowships/scholarships/awards

  • Textbooks

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Science Communication

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Writing and Presenting your Research

  • Steve Whitesides - "" [article]

  • Meny Elimelech - "" [presentation]

  • [book]

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Training and Events

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

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

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Science Outreach

  • Berkeley Lab K-12

  • BASIS, CRS

  • Be a Scientist, CRS

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Conferences, workshops & summer schools

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

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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

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Smaller conferences

  • Gordon Research Conferences

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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:

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Group member(s) who have gone

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Class opportunities

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List of courses past group members have taken & recommend

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Decals

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

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Fellowships & scholarships

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

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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

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Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Career development opportunities

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Career counseling and coaching

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LBL opportunities

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincolnarrow-up-right [book]

  • Trees, Maps, and Theoremsarrow-up-right [book] and handouts availabe at the link - Authored by the consultant who conducts presentation training for the LBNL SLAM

  • UC Berkeley "Grad Slam" Competition
  • LBNL Postdoc Slam Competition

  • Exploring your Universe Symposium

  • Cycle for Science

  • National Science Policy Network (NSPN)

  • Skype a Scientist

  • Electrochemical society (ECS)
  • American chemical society (ACS)

  • American Physical Society (APS)

  • IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)

  • Rachel –– attended in 2015(?)

    ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship

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

  • Materials Project Workshop

    Hosted by us, end of summer

    International School of materials for sustainale development & energy http://www.ipcb.ct.cnr.it/erice2022/arrow-up-right

    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

    Writing a Paperarrow-up-right
    Practical Tips for Writing Effective Papersarrow-up-right
    Style: The Basics of Clarity and Gracearrow-up-right
    LBNL SLAMarrow-up-right
    UC Grad Slamarrow-up-right
    Travel
    Courses taken by students in the Persson Grouparrow-up-right
    group drivearrow-up-right

    SSRL School on Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Techniques