Consulting and Mentoring for Researchers
Services
Do you want to brainstorm to create some
innovative research solutions? Do you need help
searching for, and landing, your next job? Do you need
to boost your research impact? What about improving
your presentation skills or
overcoming public speaking anxiety? Do you want to
further develop your leadership skills, or take your
funding proposal to the next level? Do you have a great
science code that could be put online to share
with your community? Do you have problems interacting
with difficult supervisors or coworkers? I look forward
to working with you on these aspects of your
science career, and helping you
rediscover the joy
of research! I offer services in these areas:
- Career Development– CVs/resumes, interview skills, job search strategies
- Presentations - messaging, branding, slide/poster creation, public speaking, confidence building
- Science Communication – write / edit / review journal articles, reports, press releases, and more
- Funding Proposals – brainstorming, outlines, writing, editing, reviewing
- Research – brainstorming, data interpretation, science impact, follow-on studies
- Software Systems – share your data & codes with researchers using a custom online system
- Research Management – team building, prioritization, staff relations, coaching skills
To see details of my
qualifications and experience in these
services and more,
please click here;
for quotes on services,
please contact
Michael.Smith@StellarScienceSolutions.com
Experience
  Dr. Michael S Smith, Director and Founder
- 32 years of research, management, and mentoring at a US National Laboratory
- Successfully obtained funding for major research projects (up to 12M$)
- Given over 650 presentations, author/coauthor on over 200 publications
- International expertise in fields of nuclear science and astrophysics
- Educated at U Chicago (BA), Yale (Ph.D.), Caltech (Postdoc)
- Winner, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Winner, NNSA Joule Award
- Fellow, American Physical Society
To learn how I can leverage my extensive experience to help you, please click here.
Contact
For additional information and quotes for services, and to
get on my mailing list, please contact
Michael.Smith@StellarScienceSolutions.com