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We are honored to host internationally-recognized scientist and mentor Professor Jeff McDonnell, as part of EOAS's seminar series on Wednesday, October 2nd, at 12:30 pm (ESB 5104). Jeff is the writer of a series of Working Life articles in Science magazine, informing early career researchers to lunch their academic career. These articles include: The ebbs and flows of creativity, Creating a research brand, The 1-hour workday and How I lost and found my scientific creativity. He is also the writer of the new Wiley book Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs and New Faculty.
This talk is for PhD students, postdocs and early career faculty. It focuses on the traits of successful scientists over the past decades and centuries; how to communicate one’s work and how to navigate the first few years as a faculty member. It builds on a number of McDonnell’s recent Working Life articles in Science magazine and his new Wiley book Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs and New Faculty.
Jeffrey McDonnell is a University Distinguished Professor of Hydrology and Associate Director
of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the winner of
the 2016 the International Hydrology Prize from the International Association of Hydrological,
UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization and 2009 Dalton Medal from the
European Geosciences Union. McDonnell is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, the
American Association for the Advancement of Science and Academia Europaea. He is a fellow
of the American Geophysical Union, the Geological Society of America and the Royal
Geographical Society. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, among them the
Outstanding Achievement Award of the New Zealand Hydrological Society, the Ray K. Linsley
Award for Surface Water of the American Institute of Hydrology, the Gordon Warwick Medal of
the British Society for Geomorphology and the Scientific and Technological Achievement Award
from the US Environmental Protection Agency. He is the former President of the AGU
Hydrology Section and author of the book “Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for
PhD Students, Postdocs and Early Career Faculty”.