For post-secondary students
If you’re a current or prospective student in my lab and are wondering how to succeed in scientific research, I have created a series of resources to guide you through the academic landscape.
Advice from the Dornhaus Lab
How to do and publish research
Soft skills you need to succeed in science
Guide to life in academia
Applying for graduate school, post-doc, or faculty position
What it means to be a scientist
Stories about other scientists
Becoming a professor
Bullet-point advice for how to get a job and tenure in academia (by John Boothroyd).
Career Advice From an Oldish Not-Quite Geezer
How to get tenure – choosing research questions
Life as a professor
How to stop worrying about tenure and manage family life
What it really takes to be an academic and parent
Theoretical bandwagons are for big labs
Startup needs for researchers in teaching schools
Women in Science
Women, did you hear biology professor is the most glorious career I can imagine?
Undergraduate Work Study programs
About graduate school
10 ways to fail a PhD and what a PhD achieves by Matt Might
How to succeed in graduate school by Marie desJardins
Classic PhD comic with a grain of truth by Jorge Cham (The grain of truth is that your motivation or satisfaction will fluctuate widely because of the long delayed gratification in most research projects. Do NOT be silent about this - discuss with your lab mates, other students, and your advisor to develop stragtegies for progress and to put your work/output in perspective.)
Other prof's advice about grad school, e.g. by Kevin Passino or Stephen Stearns (also here). Also Carlos Scheidegger's advice in general and for his students.
UA Graduate Student Handbooks
Mental Health
Accepting that you have to manage your own mental health
7 Habits for Highly Effective People (Habit #7: Sharpen Your Saw)