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November 10, 2006 Mastering Your Ph.D. - Series Index Patricia Gosling and Bart Noordam are the authors of Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond (Springer, 2006). February 22, 2008 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Preparing for Your Post-Ph.D. Career Here's how to approach the challenge of finding a job that suits you, inside or outside academia. May 23, 2008 Mastering Your Ph.D.: A Career in Management Consulting Problem-solving and communication skills are important for those who aspire to careers advising the captains of industry. May 25, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Celebrate Your Success Unlike sports, science doesn't have a tradition of celebrating success. But the occasional party can provide a needed breather, some time for reflection, and a morale boost for the lab. September 28, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Getting the Most Out of Progress Reviews Here are some tips and tricks for coming away from a progress review with the answers you need and a realistic action plan. November 23, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Countdown to Your Thesis Defence To start writing your thesis, assess what you've done, plan the last experiments, and set aside time to write. March 23, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Making the Most of a Conference Here's how to make the most of your first scientific sojourn. August 31, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Mentors, Leadership, and Community Finding a mentor is an important step in your scientific career, but what qualities do you look for and whom should you ask? December 21, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Writing Your Doctoral Thesis With Style Careful planning and outlining can make writing your thesis less daunting. July 25, 2008 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Defending Your Thesis With Flair The key to doing well in your thesis defense is extensive preparation. March 28, 2008 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Goodbye to All That Leaving the lab may not be easy, but when you've decided to say goodbye to the bench, you can take comfort in knowing that opportunities await. June 27, 2008 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Better Communication With Your Supervisor If you aren't having regular, structured conversations with your Ph.D. adviser, poor communication is probably holding you back. November 10, 2006 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Running in Place You're running as fast as you can. Why aren't you getting anywhere? Our newest columnists provide some traction. October 26, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Starting Off on the Right Foot For scientists in grad school, getting into good habits early is key to starting a new term off right. October 20, 2006 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Giving a Great Presentation Speaking in front of a group of people, our newest columnists write, doesn't have to be an unnerving experience. June 29, 2007 Mastering Your PhD: Strength in Numbers Take advantage of the experience and creativity of others by asking them to try on the "six thinking hats," an experiment in parallel thinking. December 15, 2006 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Setting Goals for Success Committing concrete goals to paper will help you avoid feeling overwhelmed by the tasks ahead and frustrated by your lack of progress. April 13, 2007 Mastering Your PhD: Science Papers that Shine Part of being a good scientist is being able to write up your results in clear and simple terms. February 16, 2007 Mastering Your PhD: Dealing with Setbacks Stuff happens in science, sometimes it's bad stuff, and you can't just reset and start over. Here's how to pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and move on. January 19, 2007 Mastering Your Ph.D.: Group Dynamics From start-up group to empire, your Ph.D. experience will depend in part on what type of research group you end up in. 
