Aysha Divan has written a practical and solid guide for students intending to pursue a degree in the biosciences. There are other books out there, like The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology, but these are more for the Ph.D. candidate looking for a bridge between student and faculty member. Communication Skills is intended for the graduate student practitioner, although an undergraduate would not go wrong in reading and rereading it.
Divan is a faculty member and program coordinator at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Leeds University. Her research and program management background give her deep insight into what students need to do in order to become effective bioscientists: success with written, oral, and visual forms of communication. While the author presents checklists, strategies, and annotated examples to help avoid pitfalls, it quickly becomes obvious in reading this book that a career choice in...
University of California Press