Academic biography examples
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How to Write a Speaker Bio for a Conference (with Examples)
Author bios, or speaker bios, can be used for a variety of purposes. They can be included as part of your application to present at a conference (check out our Call for Papers Template) or posted to an event website to introduce yourself as a presenter at the event.
Bios can also be helpful to have on your profile in the participant directory of the conference management tool used for the event, so that others to know what you’re working on.
For many, an author bio is their first introduction to their peers – sort of like a digital, written handshake. In the world of academic conferences, conference programmes and websites (see How to Plan Your Scientific Conference) will include a biography of every speaker.
An interesting, engaging bio can help encourage others to participate in the event, and impact the number of people who attend your presentation, so it’s important to take your time, do your research, and write
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All About You: Writing Your Academic Biography
After a paper has been accepted or a conference talk has been arranged, you may be asked to provide your academic biography. For publications and conference presentations, you may be asked for a short one of 30 to 50 words. Applying for grants and jobs may require a longer biography between and words. Writing about yourself can be uncomfortable, but there is a way to write an effective biography without feeling like you’re boasting.
For a short biography, the following should be included:
- your full name
- position
- institution
- research interests in brief
Here is an example.
Dr. June Ava Smith is a professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on identifying and understanding key pathways involved in the development of soybean root nodules. Identification of these pathways may allow non-legumes to be engineered for nodule formation.
A longer biography will have multiple paragraphs and should include the following
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Short Academic Biography for Dan Grossman
Dan Grossman is a Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington where he has been a faculty member since He is the Allen School's Vice Director. From –, he held the J. Ray Bowen Professorship for Innovation in Engineering Education.
Dan completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and his undergraduate studies at Rice University. His research interests lie in the area of programming languages, ranging from theory to design to implementation. He has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of computer science, particularly computer architecture on problems at the hardware/software interface. He has published roughly fifty papper in high-selective conferences in computer science.
Dan has served on roughly thirty conference and workshop program committees and served as the Program Chair for PLDI He has served on the ACM SIGPLAN Executive Committe