» Selecting an Advisor and Mentor

Choosing the person you will be working with and associated with for your career is a very important decision with long-lasting ramifications. Choosing someone to be a mentor who will help guide you through various steps or aspects of your career is also very important, whether that person is also your advisor or not.

There are a number of important points to consider when you begin to consider selecting your advisor or a mentor, whether at the beginning of your graduate work or part way through it.

Below is a list of resources with points you might want to think about (APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites).

The type of guidelines it is suggested be talked about for a mentee-mentor relationship.

Choosing a mentor is something that, as a scientist, you will do many times throughout your professional life, regardless of your scientific career stage or what career path you choose.

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