Post-doctoral scientists are effective mentors for graduate students; this article discusses how failures to properly credit them for this role has negative consequence for everyone, and suggests possible solutions (IMAGE)

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Post-doctoral scientists are effective mentors for graduate students; this article discusses how failures to properly credit them for this role has negative consequence for everyone, and suggests possible solutions

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The mentoring work that postdocs do in research groups is very often not recognized, and this can hinder their career progress. As they have recently experienced grad school and are leading experts in emerging methodologies and approaches, they are more than qualified to mentor, advise and act in broader spheres of the academic universe, as long as they get formal recognition for their work

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Reinecken, 2022 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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