Developing an academic research program

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Gautam Bhattacharyya, gautamb@clemson.edu, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
As an Assistant Professor at a research-oriented institution, one of my challenges was starting my own research program. In principle, I could have used my Ph.D. mentor's research program as a model. However, we are at very different places in our careers, so our challenges are different. In this talk I will present my evolution from a graduate student researcher to an independent chemical education researcher. In doing so, I will describe the following aspects of establishing a research program: choosing a primary audience for my work, finding an overarching theme, defining the individual problems, and developing these problems into researchable projects.
 

Faculty Development in Chemical Education
8:30 AM-11:45 AM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Oak Alley, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008