Academic Career Guide: Visiting Scholar At Harvard

Based on instructor's successful path: from a student to tenured faculty

What you'll 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

Requirements

It is desirable to have experience in engineering or applied science

It is expected that the course audience is familiar with fundamentals of scientific research and academic publishing

Please note: this course does not provide detailed guide how to publish academic papers

Please note: this course does not discuss preparation and acceptance to degree programs at Harvard

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.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Visiting scholar at Harvard

Lecture 2 General information

Lecture 3 Example: Cover letter to host, academic CV

Lecture 4 After arrival at Harvard

Lecture 5 Survival guide 01

Lecture 6 Survival guide 02

Lecture 7 Survival Guide 03

Lecture 8 Extracurricular activities

Lecture 9 Life after Harvard

Section 3: Bachelor and master students

Lecture 10 Motivation, achievements, awards 01

Lecture 11 Motivation, achievements, awards 02

Lecture 12 Motivation, achievements, awards 03

Lecture 13 Example: ideal and real research problem

Section 4: Ph.D. candidates

Lecture 14 Choosing a Ph.D. topic

Lecture 15 Approaching research 01

Lecture 16 Approaching research 02

Lecture 17 Approaching research 03

Lecture 18 Example: unexpected results

Section 5: Postdoctoral scientists

Lecture 19 Entereing new areas of science 1

Lecture 20 Entereing new areas of science 2

Lecture 21 Entereing new areas of science 3

Lecture 22 Entereing new areas of science 4

Lecture 23 Example: science of simplicity

Section 6: Junior faculty

Lecture 24 Research, teaching and funding

Lecture 25 Interdisciplinary approach

Lecture 26 Example: interdisciplinary approach

Section 7: Collaborations you should avoid

Lecture 27 Collaborate, but be careful to save your career

Section 8: Summary

Lecture 28 Summary

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