Skills Training

Skills training presentations and resources to aid development in communicating science, programming best practices, navigating the peer-review process, writing competitive proposals and CVs, and balancing life and work. Links provided to PDF of slides presented in each year.

Transferable Skills

How to Give an Effective Presentation, by Eloise Marais: [2018] [2022] [2023]

Proposal Writing Guidance, by Eloise Marais: [2020] [2021] [2022] [2023]

Academic CV and Cover Letter Tips, by Eloise Marais: [2019]

Navigating the Peer Review Process, by Eloise Marais: [2019]

Writing for the Peer-Reviewed Literature, Eloise Marais: [2018]


Research Group Specific Skills

Common Git Commands for GEOS-Chem, by Eloise Marais: [2021]

Downloading Data Using APIs, by Jamie Kelly: [2021]

Anatomy of Python, by John Roberts: [2020]


Other Resources

Beginner's Guide to Python for Atmospheric Scientists, by Gongda Lu: [GitHub Manual]