Week

Date

Topics

Lectures

Assignments

Reading

1

Aug 30

Introduction and course expectations

How to find an advisor

Creating/giving a journal club presentation

slides

slides

slides

Major Group Assignment
Create and present a group Journal Club PowerPoint talk + individual referee reports

2

Sep 6

Research in Theoretical Astrophysics - Prof. Charles Gammie

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Tony Leggett

Tips for reading a scientific paper

Publication process;
How to write a referee report

slides

slides

3

Sep 13

Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Paul Selvin

How to use on-line scientific resources

On-line research with SCOPUS

slides

slides

mini-Assignment #1
On-line resource activities

Resource Activities

Prof. Casey Miller's (U. South Florida) advice on using scientific resources

4

Sep 20

Research in Theoretical Biological Physics - Prof. Alek Aksimentiev

Research in Theoretical/Computational Chemical Physics - Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Research in Experimental Nuclear Physics - Prof. Matthias Perdekamp

5

Sep 27

Research in Theoretical Biological Physics - Prof. Klaus Schulten

How to write an abstract

slides

mini-Assignment #2
Write an abstract for selected paper

Abstract Papers

6

Oct 4

7

Oct 11

Ethics in research

slides

Ethics Case Studies

8

Oct 18

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Dale Van Harlingen

Research in Theoretical High Energy Physics - Prof. Jessie Shelton

Research in Theoretical Biological Physics - Prof. Jun Song

9

Oct 25

Effective scientific presentations

Research in Physics of Living Systems - Prof. Zaida Luthey-Schulten

Research in Theoretical Astrophysics - Prof. Brian Fields

slides

10

Nov 1

Research in Experimental High Energy Physics - Prof. Kevin Pitts

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Laura Greene

Research in Observational Astrophysics/Cosmology - Prof. Joaquin Vieira

11

Nov 8

Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Taekjip Ha

Research in Computational Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Bryan Clark

Research in Biological Physics - Prof. Ting Lu (Bioengineering)

12

Nov 15

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Smitha Vishveshwara

Effective scientific posters

Journal club presentations:
Teams 6 & 10

slides

Scientific Poster Example/Template

Nov 22

Journal club presentations:
Teams 1, 3, 4, 8

13

Nov 29

THANKSGIVING BREAK

14

Dec 6

Journal club presentations:
Teams 2, 5, 7, 9, 11