To be precise, PTC is a large group and there is no sharp boundary between the greater PTC group and my little research division. Nevertheless the students who work formally (and typically that means more closely) with me are listed.

Note: (1) 3 guests in the above photo; (2) two people added by hand digitally upon their requests.

Post-graduate students

Undergraduate students (selected)

(Chinese version here, below is the English version)

Presentation is a piece of art. Thus there is no standard answer for its skills. Nevertheless, there are some suggestions on rules and tricks. They are personal and probably biased. If you are experienced, all are probably breakable.

(Chinese version here, below is the English version)

Congratulations! You are at the point to summarize your scientific findings and put them into a research paper. You might have thought that this is simple. As a student, you have written many study reports – lab reports, reading reports, essay for courses, … However, a research paper is more important, serious, tricky in many ways that you may not have thought of.

(Chinese version here, below is the English version)

Students start to do research by learning the background knowledge and then asking supervisors for projects. After those steps are well done, the students should try to be more creative, generate ideas and find research project themselves. This is a hard but crucial step on the trajectory toward an independent researcher.

I am definitely not creative enough to talk about creativity. Nevertheless, share my two cents with the students who have just started to do research.