Anyone who has attended at least one meeting of the journal club is encouraged to present an article to the group. Please email Gabe at the address at the bottom of the page if you are interested in presenting.
Some comments on presenting
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Don’t feel like you have to be an expert to present at the journal club. All of us are students at one level or another. As a result, no one expects you to know everything, or even a lot, about the topic you are presenting.
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It is perfectly ok if someone asks you a question and you have to say “I don’t know.” Sometimes, that question might be answered by a member of the audience, or by Dave, our resident physics expert. Other times, no one will know the answer. The point is that you are not being examined by the audience, you are doing them a favor by talking about an interesting topic, so you don’t have to know all of the answers.
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Presenting is a skill and learning how to present well takes practice. If you pursue a scientific career, you will have to give talks. Now, in our friendly environment, is a good time to start.
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If you like, you can present on a general area of physics instead of a specific journal article, since sometimes a specific article might be too complicated either for you or for the audience to understand.
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Feel free to present on an area of physics in which you have done or are doing research.
For more information on presenting at the Journal Club, read this pdf. It deals specifically with how to present a journal article, but should also be helpful for people presenting on a general area of physics.