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Research 101

Learn how to think and work as a scientist

A FREE 4-week live course for high schoolers and up

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Learn how to think like a scientist in just 4 weeks

Every Monday from July 11 - Aug. 1 at 11 AM CT

Each session will have a 45 min. talk with a 15 min. Q&A

Topics We'll be Covering

Research motivation and impact: Why do we do what we do? Where does innovation come from?

Getting your ideas organized: how to organize your experiments so that you can prove your hypothesis

Making sure your results tell the story you think they do - having proper controls for your experiments

How to write a scientific paper

Taught by Adnan Memic, PhD

Full Professor of Nanotechnology at King Abdulaziz University & Highly Cited Researcher

Over the past 10 years, Dr. Memic has been directly involved in establishing a cutting-edge nanotechnology research center from scratch that now has over 25 million dollars of new infrastructure and has become a world recognized entity. His multidisciplinary research spans bioengineering, polymer chemistry, and nanotechnology and has produced close to 100 published or submitted works and 19 provisional/granted US patents. He joined King Abdulaziz University in 2010, recently being academically promoted to Full Professor of Nanotechnology. He previously held various positions at top-ranking institutions including a Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a Teaching Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He is a Highly Cited Researcher given to only 0.1% percent (1 in 1000) of researchers in the world. Finally, he is consultant to Venture Capital firms providing technical and scientific advice that specializes in early-stage investments in healthcare and life science-based companies.

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