Academic Career Guide: Visiting Scholar at Harvard
Based on instructor's successful path: from a student to tenured faculty
Ratings 4.85 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- Students: motivation and study habits
- Ph.D. candidates: open a new research field
- Postdocs: enter new areas of science without a failure
- Junior Faculty: succeed without own group, lab space and funding
- Examples: interdisciplinary approach, ideal and real research problems, science of simplicity
- How to avoid mistakes in different stages of academic career
- Harvard visiting scholar program
- Unconventional ideas, critical thoughts, personal views
Description
The course introduces requirements for a visiting scholar program at Harvard University, followed by the scientific career guide based on a personal story of instructor “from a student to tenured professor”.
Harvard University is ranked #1 in Best Global Universities. We all know how difficult it is to join Harvard. Being at Harvard is a great chance to work with the brightest, most intellectual and talented people.
Harvard will make a big difference in how people see your CV. Another unique thing about Harvard is being able to say to your colleagues, friends, and family that “you went to Harvard.”
Other people consider Harvard a great place to be inspired for significant achievements in life. For example, Microsoft and Facebook have started at Harvard dorms.
However, do not commit to a place based on the brand name alone. In life, everything depends on the shift that must happen to you. Your discoveries, career opportunities, and success depend only on your hard work ethic, high motivation, and methodology.
The course instructor has studied and worked in many leading institutions worldwide, including the University of Toronto, Max Planck Institute, Princeton University, Technical University of Munich, and Harvard University. To date, he has co-authored 50 academic papers, which generated more than 5000 citations. He is a pioneer in several research fields and has received multiple international awards. In addition, he has attracted more than 1 Million Dollars in research grants.
Who Should Attend!
- Bachelor and master students interested to become leaders in science and technology
- Ph.D. candidates: how to choose a research topic
- Postdocs: how to enter new areas of science without failure
- Junior faculty: ideas to succeed without own group, lab space or funding
- Junior scientists: how to avoid mistakes in academic career
