Professional Interactions
Science involves lots of interactions with other people, whether it's daily interactions within the research group, project discussions with collaborators at other institutions, or communicating your science at a conference. Here are some rules of the road.
- AGU Publication Ethics-information about who should be included as an author, plagiarism, and conflicts of interest related to publishing
- Text Recycling Research Project-Learn more about best practices for using your own text in multiple publications
- AGU Ethics and Equity Center- a variety of information and resources on harassment, diversity and inclusion, implicit bias, legal consultaion, including available workshops
- APS Ethics Education-includes ethics case studies and discussion guides
- Six Actions to Improve Your Professional Communication
Health and Wellness
"You can't pour from an empty cup." Taking care of yourself is important.
Tips for Moving in Grad School
UNH Resources:
- UNH GradCats Thrive Guide
- UNH Health and Wellness
- UNH Pscyhological and Counseling Services (PACS)
- UNH Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP)
- UNH Campus Recreation
- Accessible UNH Disability and access resources
- UNH ReportIt! If you have observed or experienced an incident of bias or hate, discrimination and/or harassment, you can report it anonymously.
Transitioning to Research
Conducting research is quite different from taking classes, which students have been doing most of their life. There is a lot of unstructured time and only a few deadlines for motivation.
- UNH Graduate Program in Physics
- PhD Comics when you need some humor
- The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research
- Developing a Daily Writing Habit
- Five Habits to Develop During Grad School
- Preparing the Thesis Proposal Defense
Useful Resources in our Field
What are the relevant professional societies, regular conferences, and places to find useful scientific information?
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
AGU Fall Meeting-held annually in December
American Physical Society (APS)
Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (DPP)-held annually in October or November
Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM)
Summer workshop held annually; mini-GEM held the Sunday prior to AGU
Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)
Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN)
Journals of interest:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
- Space Weather
- Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
- Annales Geophysicae
- Physics of Plasmas
- Journal of Plasma Physics
- Frontiers in Physics
- Frontiers in Space Physics and Astronomy
Reference Manager Comparison Chart UNH library comparison of Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote
NASA Space Physics Data Facility CDAWeb Public data from current and past space physics missions
NASA Space Physics Data Facility OMNIWeb Magnetic field, Plasma, Energetic particle data relevant to heliospheric studies including near-Earth solar wind data