Mentoring resources

Berkeley Lab has a great program for interns, and it comes with some resources: WD&E Mentor Handbook (pdf)

Because of the pandemic, all the summer internships have morphed into virtual internship. While everyone is still trying to figure out how to make it work best, some initial best practices where collected here:  Virtual Remote Mentor Guide -DOE-SC-WDTS Programs- May 2020 (pdf)

Resources and inspirations

• Berkeley Lab Stewardship: stewardship.lbl.gov

• Berkeley Lab Career pathways – professional development

• Early Career Funding Opportunities –Johns Hopkins

• Practicing Physical & Psychological Safety at Berkeley Lab 

• Berkeley Lab Talent Acquisition and Outreach

• How to Run Inclusive & Effective Hybrid & Virtual Meetings (IDEA)

• Prioritizing Mentorship as Scientific Leaders (ACS Central Science)

• Dismantling barriers faced by women in STEM –  Nature

• Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty – Science

•  The Unwritten Laws of Physics for Black Women - Wired

• RACISM –Overcoming science’s toxic legacy  – Nature 

• “Only Because I Was at the Right Place at the Right Time” – Dealing with Impostor Syndrome – Lindau Nobel

• Nearly a quarter of tenure-track faculty have a parent with a PhD –  Nature

• How you can change gender stereotypes about physicists – Nature

• Moving Beyond the Business Case for Diversity – EOS

• How to begin building a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion in your research group – Science

• Why Do Americans Act That Way – Berkeley Lab CPO

•  Navigating mental health issues in Academia-Related Immigration – Dragon Fly Mental health

• McEntaffer Group at Penn State University – Ethics code

• The key to a happy lab life is in the manual Nature – (+Aly Lab manual)

Books and reference

• Making the Right Moves –A Practical Guide to Scientifıc Management for Postdocs and New Faculty (HHMI, free PDF)

• Survival Guide for Early Career Researchers (Springer, free access through LBNL)

• Overcoming the Challenge of Structural Change in Research Organizations (free pdf)

• Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers (MIT)