Professional Development for a Graduate Student

program
Thursday 14:00-15:50 Classroom: 1F Auditorium, IMB, AS Register for the course! 

Professional Development for a Graduate Student for Spring 2024

Organizer: Dr. Jun-An Chen

Purpose: This event series includes talks, workshops, panels, and events that can help students identify and develop professional skills to prepare for careers in academia, industry, government, nonprofit and entrepreneurship. Series include: Core Competencies, Ph.D. Career Paths, Academic Job Search Series and Careers Beyond Academia.

  Date Topic Lecturer
1.
02/22
Overview of the Course
-special guest: alumni Dr. Ching-Han Lee
  Jun-An Chen
2.
02/29
How to manage your PhD life more efficiently [Handout] Jun-An Chen
3.
03/07
Tips to manage the stress during the PhD life [Handout] Jun-An Chen
4.
03/14
How to prepare for qualifying exam [Handout] Jun-An Chen
5.
03/21
How to give a great seminar and tips for presentation skills Suewei Lin
6.
03/28
Generative AI and Research [Handout] Henry Sun
04/04
Mid-Term Break  
7.
04/11
CV workshop [Handout] Jun-An Chen
9.
04/18
 Tips for submitting a paper   Jun-Yi Leu
10.
04/25
The female perspectives in life science   Wen Chang, Yen-Ping Hsueh & Keng-hui Lin
11.
05/02
How to prepare yourself for a job position interview   Kuo Hua Huang & Wei-Le Wang
12.
05/09
Advice of Postdoc experience (academia) Jui-Hsia Weng
13.
05/16
Advice of Postdoc experience (industry)   Prerana Bhan
14.
05/23
To move from academia to industry, and prepare for your future Hanjia Lin 林翰佳
15.
05/30
Advices in academia career   Cheng-Hsun Ho
16.
06/06
Advices in industrial career TBD
Evaluation: 1. Assignments (50%) 2. Attendance (50%)