{"product_id":"the-chicago-guide-to-your-career-in-science-a-toolkit-for-students-and-postdocs-paperback","title":"The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science: A Toolkit for Students and Postdocs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor a. Bloomfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbarking upon research as a graduate student or postdoc can be exciting and enriching-the start of a rewarding career. But the world of scientific research is also a competitive one, with grants and good jobs increasingly hard to find. \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science\u003c\/i\u003e is intended to help scientists not just cope but excel at this critical phase in their careers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany, both well-known scientists with extensive experience as teachers, mentors, and administrators, have combined their knowledge to create a guidebook that addresses all of the challenges that today's scientists-in-training face. They begin by considering the early stages of a career in science: deciding whether or not to pursue a PhD, choosing advisors and mentors, and learning how to teach effectively. Bloomfield and El-Fakahany then explore the skills essential to conducting and presenting research. \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science\u003c\/i\u003e offers detailed advice on how to pursue research ethically, manage time, and communicate effectively, especially at academic conferences and with students and peers. Bloomfield and El-Fakahany write in accessible, straightforward language and include a synopsis of key points at the end of each chapter, so that readers can dip into relevant sections with ease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From students prepping for the GRE to postdocs developing professional contacts to faculty advisors and managers of corporate labs, scientists at every level will find \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science\u003c\/i\u003e an unparalleled resource. \"\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science\u003c\/i\u003e is a roadmap to the beginning stages of a scientific career. I will encourage my own students to purchase it.\"-Dov F. Sax, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Brown University \"Step-by-step, Victor Bloomfield and Esam El-Fakahany provide sound, thorough, yet succinct advice on every issue a scientist in training is likely to encounter. Young readers will welcome the authors' advice on choosing a graduate school, for example, while senior scientists will probably wish that a book like this had been around when they were starting out. With down-to-earth and occasionally humorous advice, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Guide to your Career in Academic Biology\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the bookshelf of every graduate student and advisor.\"-Norma Allewell, Dean, College of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Maryland\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Bloomfield\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and a former dean of the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. \u003cb\u003eEsam E. El-Fakahany\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of psychiatry, pharmacology, and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is former associate dean of the Graduate School. Together, El-Fakahany and Bloomfield established and directed the University of Minnesota's first office for postdoctoral affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259657117798,"sku":"9780226060644","price":50.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UGRXNytreEhmK2lNSXFjek9KalAzZz09.webp?v=1773849035","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-chicago-guide-to-your-career-in-science-a-toolkit-for-students-and-postdocs-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}