What to bring to a meeting with your advisor – Avasthi Lab

All advisors have different mentoring styles and different personalities. Despite these differences, everyone is busy and wants to get the most out of individual meetings with their lab members. Here are a few things that I think would help increase the efficiency of meetings within any lab. 1. Think of meetings as your one-on-one protected time with your advisor. These are (hopefully) free of distraction, so you have the undivided attention of your PI on you and your project. Don’t wait for your PI to initiate the discussion and ask you questions. Take the lead and come to the meeting with your own agenda for what you hope to accomplish. 2. Start the meeting with a recap of what you discussed previously and what you’re currently working on. While you have been thinking and working exclusively on your project, your advisor has been thinking about your project along with projects of at least half a dozen other people. That’s not including percolating grants, teaching and other responsib

All advisors have different mentoring styles and different personalities. Despite these differences, everyone is busy and wants to get the most out of individual meetings with their lab members. Here are a few things that I think would help increase the efficiency of meetings within any lab. 1. Think of meetings as your one-on-one protected time with your advisor. These are (hopefully) free of distraction, so you have the undivided attention of your PI on you and your project. Don’t wait for your PI to initiate the discussion and ask you questions. Take the lead and come to the meeting with yo