Resume Skills and Keywords for Academic Researcher

Researchers are employed in practically every business to discover trends, locate, analyse, and interpret data. They may work in academics, science, medicine, finance, or other fields, with various responsibilities based on their research objectives. To collect data, researchers employ the internet, books, published articles, surveys, and interviews. Academic scholars put their knowledge and abilities gained through study and research to good use.

Skills required for an academic researcher  role:

  • MATLAB 
  • FORTRAN 
  • C++ 
  • Secondary Research 
  • Primary Reserach
  • Research Proposal Writing
  • Thesis Development
  • Data Collection
  • Analysis and Reporting 
  • Data Entry

What recruiters look for in an academic researcher's resume: 

  • Carried out original, high-level individual and collaborative research with other team members
  • Interpreted research specifications and developing a work plan that satisfies requirements.
  • Conducted desktop research, and used books, journal articles, newspaper sources, questionnaires, surveys, polls, and interviews to gather data.

What can make your academic researcher resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background as an academic researcher 

  • A passionate and diligent researcher, willing to rigorously contribute to scientific discoveries by systematic investigation into a problem. Passionate about venturing into the unknown using remarkable knowledge of several astrophysics and astronomy topics. 

Targeted job description 

  • Determine areas of research to increase knowledge in a particular field.
  • Identify sources of funding, prepare research proposals and submit funding applications.
  • Plan and perform experiments and surveys.
  • Collect, record and analyze data.

 Related academic background

  • MSc Physics | Dayal Lal College, Kharagpur | 2019 
  • Bachelors of Science in Physics | Dayal Lal College, Kharagpur | 2017
  • Higher Secondary | Kashyap Academy, Kharagpur | 2014

Sample Resume of Academic Reseracher in Text Format 

KABIR BASU 

Academic Researcher, MScPhysics 

8561100888 | kabirbasu123@gmail.com | Q-72, New People’s Colony, Kharagpur 

SUMMARY

A passionate and diligent researcher, willing to rigorously contribute to scientific discoveries by systematic investigation into a problem. Passionate about venturing into the unknown using remarkable knowledge of several astrophysics and astronomy topics. 

PROJECTS 

Research on Dark Matter 

Research Assistant 

  • Used traditional quantum theory to construct hypothetical gravitational stationery structures from stable atoms and subatomic particles. 
  • Meticulously studied the rotation velocity curves, the behavior of galaxies in clusters, and the motions of pairs of galaxies. Contributed to understanding the cause of origin of high cosmic rays and how they remain largely undetected if certain conditions are met. 
  • Received citation from International Journal of Dark Matter.  

Research on Stellar Populations 

Research Assistant 

  • Carried out a systematic investigation in Stellar Populations aimed at studying the early formation history of milky way galaxy and other satellite galaxies in proximity. 
  • Used computational stellar models to compare observations from multiple infrared telescopes to determine age of stars. Received citations from 3 national publications. 

EDUCATION 

  • MSc Physics | Dayal Lal College, Kharagpur | 2019 
  • Bachelors of Science in Physics | Dayal Lal College, Kharagpur | 2017
  • Higher Secondary | Kashyap Academy, Kharagpur | 2014

PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS

Conferences / Lectures / Seminars 

  • Astronomy course Exploring Time and Space | MIIT, Kolkata 
  • Advanced cosmology course | MIIT, Kolkata 

SKILLS ( TECHNOLOGY / FUNCTIONAL ) 

MATLAB | FORTRAN | C++ |  Research | Analysis and Reporting 

EXTRA-CURRICULAR 

Interests 

  • Dark Matter| Theory of Relativity| String Theory 

Publications 

  • International Journal of Dark Matter, "Dark Matter and Galoitic Holes"(2019) 
  • Journal of Applied Physics, "Changes in Stellar Populations"(2017) 

Languages 

  • Hindi 
  • English 
  • Bengali