Leading Your Research Team in Science

A practical guide for early career scientists to help them start and lead their own research team effectively. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

List of contents

Part I. Team: 1. Introduction; 2. Scout; 3. Select; 4. Prepare; 5. Advance; Part II. Organization: 6. Introduction; 7. Human Resources; 8. Financial affairs; 9. Legal affairs; 10. Patent affairs; Part III. Society: 11. Introduction; 12. Open science; 13. Citizen science; 14. Media; 15. Web profile.

About the author

Ritsert C. Jansen is Professor of Bioinformatics and 'Dean of Talent Development' at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. He aims to help his early-career colleagues by sharing his own experiences as a researcher. He wrote the book Developing a Talent for Science (Cambridge, 2011) about the life of modern scientists in today's academic environment. He subsequently published his book Funding your career in Science (Cambridge, 2013) about how to attain research grants. This third book Leading Your Research Team in Science completes the trilogy.

Summary

This short and practical guide offers valuable recommendations, stories and exercises, to guide readers towards a really successful career as an independent investigator in science. A must-read for early-career researchers, as well as those advising them and anyone else serious about science. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Ritsert C. Jansen, Ritsert C. (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Jansen, Jansen Ritsert C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108701860
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70186-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); REFERENCE / Handbooks & Manuals, Biology, life sciences, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy