Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond

Introduction.- Getting Started.- Setting Goals and Objectives.- How to Think Like a Scientist.- Good Experimental Design.- Charting Your Progress Month by Month.- Dealing with Setbacks.- The Art of Good Communication.- Presentation Skills and Group Meetings.- Searching the Scientific Literature.- Your First International Conference.- From Data to Manuscript: Writing Scientific Papers That Shine.- Celebrate Your Success.- How to Cope with Your Annual Evaluation.- The Final Year: Countdown to Your Thesis Defence.- Putting It All Together: A PhD ... so What's Next?.- Writing Your Doctoral Thesis with Style.- The Final Act: Defending Your Thesis with Panache.- Lessons Learned.