Week

Date

Topics

Lectures

Assignments

Reading

1

Aug 28

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 4

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Karin Dahmen

Research in Condensed Matter/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy - Prof. Martin Gruebele

Tips for reading a scientific paper

Publication process;
How to write a referee report

slides

slides

3

Sep 11

Research in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Taylor Hughes

Research in Theoretical Biological Physics - Prof. Jun Song

How to use on-line scientific resources

slides

mini-Assignment #1
On-line resource activities

Resource Activities

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

4

Sep 18

Research in Experimental Astrophysics - Prof. Jeff Filippini

Research in Experimental Biological Physics - Prof. Yann Chemla

On-line research with SCOPUS

slides

5

Sep 25

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Klaus Schulten

How to write a scientific abstract

slides

mini-Assignment #2
Write an abstract for selected paper

Abstract Papers

6

Oct 2

7

Oct 9

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Tai Chiang

Research in Computational Biological Physics - Prof. Alek Aksimentiev

8

Oct 16

Ethics in research

slides

Ethics Case Studies

9

Oct 23

Research in Experimental Astrophysics - Prof. Joaquin Vieira

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

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. David Cahill

10

Oct. 30

Research in High Energy Theoretical Physics - Prof. Jessie Shelton

Research in Fundamental Symmetry and Neutrinos - Prof. Liang Yang

Research in Experimental Nuclear Physics - Prof. Naomi Makins

11

Nov 6

Research in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Greg MacDougall

Research in Experimental AMO and Condensed Matter Physics - Prof. Virginia Lorenz

Research on Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Matter and Star Formation - Prof. Telemachos Mouschovias

Giving effective scientific presentations

slides

12

Nov 13

Research in Experimental Optomechanics and Microfluidics - Prof. Gaurav Bahl

Research in Computational Systems Biology - Prof. Sergei Maslov
Sergei Maslov's Physics 596 presentation slides

Research in Experimental High Energy Physics - Prof. Mark Neubauer

Scientific Poster Example/Template

13

Nov 20

Journal club presentations:
Team 1
Team 4
Team 9

Research in the Physics of Living Systems - Prof. Zan Luthey Schulten

Nov 27

THANKSGIVING BREAK

14

Dec 4

Journal club presentations:
Team 3
Team 5
Team 6
Team 11