This workshop is intended for PhD students and postdocs who are considering a career in academia or are currently applying to professor positions.

The format will be a series of short presentations covering the nuts & bolts of becoming a professor with 50% of the time allocated for questions and discussion.

Part I: Getting yourself noticed (45 minutes)
Preparing: What to do during your PhD and postdoc? Deciding when and where to apply.
Applying: What is a committee looking for? The cover letter, CV, research statement, and teaching statement.
Interviewing: What are typical interviews in the US and Europe? How and what to prepare.

coffee & networking break (20 minutes).

Part II: You're their top choice. Congrats! Now what? (45 minutes)
Negotiating: The second visit. What to ask for and how to ask for it.
Starting: Being a quick start professor and getting tenure

Date: Wednesday November 19

Place: ETH Science City, HPF G 6

Time: 13:30 - 15:30

Maximum number of participants: 50 persons

Participants arriving from outside Zurich will be reimbursed their travel costs.

If you register please do so only if you really intend to participate.

Registration will happen on a 'first come first serve' basis.

Those on the places 50+ are automatically on the waiting list.

Registration deadline: Monday, November 17, 12h00.

Confirmation will be given Monday afternoon, Nov 17.

Please register via the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10iy4EnoVWi_PNY6YvE6xxQzRWlWP0boyGjwhUnZ6GHg/viewform

With best regards,

Ilona Blatter

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ETH Zurich
Dr. Ilona Blatter
NCCR QSIT Coordinator
Laboratory for Solid State Physics
HPF E 17
CH Schafmattstrasse 16
8093 Zurich

ilona.blatter@phys.ethz.ch
www.nccr-qsit.ethz.ch

Phone: +41 44 633 36 06