Dr. Federico Rosei

Abstract: In this lecture, Dr. Rosei will convey the teachings for his course on “Survival Skills for Scientists” [1]. This is a graduate course designed and developed in Dr. Rosei’s department, where he provides guidance and offers mentorship to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The central theme of this presentation is that succeeding in Science requires skills (often referred to as ‘soft professional skills’) beyond those needed for Science. The lecture aims at giving basic guidance and mentoring to young scientists (typically science and engineering undergraduate and first year graduate students). The main topics are:

- The job market for graduates in science and engineering (industry, national labs and academia; advantages and disadvantages)

- Funding in modern science

- Publish or perish; publishing quality papers, having an impact

- Presenting your work to your peers

- The fundamental laws of ‘scientific survival’ (know yourself, plan ahead, and play chess)

- Ethics in modern science

- Alternative careers Reference: [1] F. Rosei, T.W. Johnston, “Survival Skills for Scientists”, Imperial College Press (2006).

Biography:

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Trieste, Italy

Federico Rosei (MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”) holds the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste since March 2023. Previously he was Full Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director (07/2011–03/2019). He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013) and the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials (2016–2023) and the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage (2013–2023).

He is Fellow of numerous prestigious national and international societies and academies, including: the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Foreign), the African Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Art and Science, the World Academy of Ceramics, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, AAAS, the American Ceramic Society, Optica, SPIE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ASM International, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Materials, Metallurgy and Mining, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Chinese Chemical Society (Honorary), the Mexican Academy of Engineering (Corresponding), the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Foreign), Senior Member of IEEE, Global Young Academy (Alumnus) and Member of the Sigma Xi Society.

Address:Trieste, Italy