Getting in - The Essential Guide to Finding a Stemm Undergrad Research Experience

"For undergraduates in STEMM fields, the experience of working in a lab or other research position has become an increasingly important credential for many career paths. Landing such a position can be difficult, with hundreds of applicants for perhaps a dozen openings in the most competitive cases. But finding a meaningful research experience also involves knowing what to look for and how to present yourself effectively, skills that represent a hidden curriculum for many students. In this book, an expert lab manager and a longtime principal investigator share their secrets for securing these positions, both in summer undergraduate research programs and in labs operating during the academic year. They offer advice on the application and interview processes for undergraduates who often do not know how to prepare appropriately professional emails, cover letters, CVs, and interview responses. They address students in a wide variety of STEMM fields at both research-intensive universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. And they focus on how first-generation college students and those from low-income backgrounds and communities historically underrepresented in science can learn to negotiate the hidden curriculum and claim their place in research settings. This new edition also serves as a companion to the authors' social accounts, including @YouInTheLab and @TheLabMentor, where they offer advice on lab life at many levels"--

About the author

Paris H. Grey is a writer, molecular biologist, and lab mentor. She has written articles on strategies for early-career researchers for Nature, the Lab Manager, Science, and elsewhere. David G. Oppenheimer is associate professor in biology at the University of Florida. His research program focuses on the proteins that control cytoskeleton dynamics and how this influences plant cell shape. Grey and Oppenheimer are coauthors of Life and Research: A Survival Guide for Early-Career Biomedical Scientists, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Connect with them at UndergradInTheLab.com, on Twitter @YouInTheLab, or Instagram @UndergradInTheLab.

Product details

• Authors: Paris H. Grey, Paris H. Oppenheimer Grey, David G. Oppenheimer
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780226825410
• ISBN: 978-0-226-82541-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, Business and Management, SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments, SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques, Business & management, Advice on careers & achieving success, Advice on careers and achieving success, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques