How To Write Effective Recommendation Letter For PhD Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow

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Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #1

Dear xxxx,

I am pleased to write a letter of recommendation for [name of student]. I highly recommend [name of student] to your organization for the position of [job title].

I have known [name of student] for the past [number of months, semesters, years] as [he/she/they] [has/have] taken the following courses that I teach: [list courses, give brief description of content of course]. As [his/her/their] professor, I have had an opportunity to observe [his/her/their] participation and interaction in class and to evaluate [name of student]’s knowledge of the subject matter. [He/she/they] [is/are] an outstanding student in all respects. [Name of student] has proven that through hard work, follow through, and team work, [he/she/they] can accomplish tasks in a courteous and timely manner.

[Give one or two specific examples of the student’s performance. Also, list other activities that the student is involved with at the university and outside of the university. Point out the areas in which this individual has learned and had the chance to grow with these opportunities.]

[Name of student] is well equipped to grow from challenges that [he/she/they] [is/are] presented with. [His/her/their] [list three key traits (examples: patience, teaching ability, strong computer programming stills…)], prepare [him/her/them] beautifully for your [company/organization/school/program]. I strongly endorse making [name of student] a member of your team at [list company name/school/program].

Sincerely,

[Your name

Phone number

Email address]

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #2

It gives me great pleasure to provide a recommendation letter attesting the qualities of Mr. XXX XXX. He has been one of the brightest students of mine during his four year Bachelor of Engineering program in Mechanical Engineering (XXXX – XXXX), under my tenure, firstly as Professor and later as Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Engineering College, xx. He has kept in touch with his teachers later also, apprising them of his progress, and I particularly remember meeting him in XXXX while he was working with a bank. XXXXX has consistently shown such a high desire to learn that I could not turn down his request for a recommendation.

During the Engineering program, I taught him Operations Research (Semester VII) where his performance was on par with the toppers. In over 25 years of teaching, though I have known other students with talent equivalent to XXXXX, many of them lacked his good nature and humility. Moreover, what stood out was his genuine intellectual curiosity, accompanied by an excitement for and diligence towards work. Since I have also been his guide for his Final Year project work titled “Study of chip control in machining by the use of ramp type chip breaker” I can readily affirm the presence of these qualities. As part of the project work, he not only worked hard to complete his practical work in the Production Technology Lab and the Machine shop at the Workshop of the Mechanical Engineering department, but also came up with an impeccable report detailing his work. Such dedication and inclination towards practical work, will, I believe, definitely be put to good use during research work at a graduate program. Moreover, the report submitted by him after the Industrial Training at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) was one of the best amongst his peer group.

At a personal level, XXXXX is an honest, well-disciplined and industrious student. Apart from academics, he actively engaged himself in numerous co-curricular activities. He was the compère and member (organizing committee) for various events organized under the aegis of Mechanical Engineering Society of our college and under my mentorship, notably the Engineers’ Day celebrations in 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Alumni Association Function in 2004, and the “Mech-Fest” – an extravaganza that combined both technical as well as cultural events in 2006. His attributes as a team player, public speaking abilities and command over the English language were particularly on display during these occasions. Additionally, I have observed his energetic participation in the more student oriented functions such as Juniors’ Welcome Function (2004) and Seniors’ Farewell Function (2004).

I highly recommend that you consider his application to the Masters or Ph.D. programs at your university, as he will be a wonderful addition to your student body and a great asset to your research team. I am sure you will find him to be a well-rounded individual whose myriad talents will definitely shine further under your guidance and encouragement. If further information is desired, you may kindly contact me.

Dr. XXXXX

Address: XXXXX

Chhattisgarh, India

Mobile: XXXXX; Phone: XXXXX

Email:  (Official); XXXXX@gmail.com Personal)

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #3

It gives me great pleasure to provide a recommendation letter attesting the qualities of Mr. XXX XXX. He has been one of the brightest students of mine during his four year Bachelor of Engineering program in Mechanical Engineering (XXXX – XXXX), under my tenure, firstly as Professor and later as Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Engineering College, xx. He has kept in touch with his teachers later also, apprising them of his progress, and I particularly remember meeting him in XXXX while he was working with a bank. XXXXX has consistently shown such a high desire to learn that I could not turn down his request for a recommendation.

During the Engineering program, I taught him Operations Research (Semester VII) where his performance was on par with the toppers. In over 25 years of teaching, though I have known other students with talent equivalent to XXXXX, many of them lacked his good nature and humility. Moreover, what stood out was his genuine intellectual curiosity, accompanied by an excitement for and diligence towards work. Since I have also been his guide for his Final Year project work titled “Study of chip control in machining by the use of ramp type chip breaker” I can readily affirm the presence of these qualities. As part of the project work, he not only worked hard to complete his practical work in the Production Technology Lab and the Machine shop at the Workshop of the Mechanical Engineering department, but also came up with an impeccable report detailing his work. Such dedication and inclination towards practical work, will, I believe, definitely be put to good use during research work at a graduate program. Moreover, the report submitted by him after the Industrial Training at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) was one of the best amongst his peer group.

At a personal level, XXXXX is an honest, well-disciplined and industrious student. Apart from academics, he actively engaged himself in numerous co-curricular activities. He was the compère and member (organizing committee) for various events organized under the aegis of Mechanical Engineering Society of our college and under my mentorship, notably the Engineers’ Day celebrations in 2003, 2004 and 2005, the Alumni Association Function in 2004, and the “Mech-Fest” – an extravaganza that combined both technical as well as cultural events in 2006. His attributes as a team player, public speaking abilities and command over the English language were particularly on display during these occasions. Additionally, I have observed his energetic participation in the more student oriented functions such as Juniors’ Welcome Function (2004) and Seniors’ Farewell Function (2004).

I highly recommend that you consider his application to the Masters or Ph.D. programs at your university, as he will be a wonderful addition to your student body and a great asset to your research team. I am sure you will find him to be a well-rounded individual whose myriad talents will definitely shine further under your guidance and encouragement. If further information is desired, you may kindly contact me.

Dr. XXXXX

Address: XXXXX

Chhattisgarh, India

Mobile: XXXXX; Phone: XXXXX

Email:  (Official); XXXXX@gmail.com Personal)

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #4

It is pleasure to write recommendation letter for Dr. ***********who wants to upgrade his designation. I have known him for about five years since he joined for the graduation at our department, xxxxxxx

 His work involves understanding the role xxxxxxx which consists of a highly conserved heptapeptide repeat: xxxxxx. He have identified the of total set of proteins interacts with xxx of RNAP-II using proteomics and Nanо-LC/MS, MALDI TOF/TOF. He further explored the mechanism of interaction of these identified protein/transcription factors with respect to RNAP-II. In his brief tenure of PhD he identified important kinases which phosphorylates a key residue of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II during transcription and have tried to explore its possible function. The finding increases the complexity of the different stages of transcription and ‘Ups the xxxxx code’ necessary for Gene regulation.

*********** has substantial experience in the area of Molecular Biology, Protein biophysics, Gene regulation and Transcription. He is capable of planning and executing the experiments independently. His scientific achievement exemplifies in the form of his publications and prestigious national fellowship awards achieved like CSIR-JRF,DBT-JRF,ICMR-JRF and GATE-xxxx

Regarding his personal qualities, he is extremely well behaved and gets along well with his colleagues and is always ready to lend a helping hand to them. ***********was an integral member in upgrading the Lab and the department with personal and professional behaviours.

 I personally feel that Mr  *********** is an asset for the organization and strongly recommend his candidature for the post of Lab Instructor – Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University.

Dr. ***********

Senior Scientist

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #5

       Date: xxx May xxxx

To whom it may concern

It is indeed a pleasure to write a letter of reference for xxxx in support of his application for post-doctoral position in your lab. I know him since last five years, while he was pursuing his doctoral research in my colleague Dr. xxx’s laboratory, in the department of xxx at xxx. xxxx completed his post-graduation in 1st class from Department of Biotechnology, xxx University, India, and qualified prestigious exam for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. In addition, he qualified a reputed national level exam of National Eligibility Test (NET) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India. He was registered in xxxxx University PhD program after successful completion of the course work in xxxx and has submitted his thesis on xxxx xxxx xxxx.

While pursuing his Ph.D. work on the topic “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”, he focused to evaluate the role of xxxx in breast cancer progression. He has worked intensely in the area of breast tumor immunology where he was involved in the molecular elucidation and evaluation of xxxx in in vitro and in vivo breast cancer models. In addition, he identified xxx new classes of compounds having marked anticancer potential. His contribution enabled him xxx first/equal first-authored original research articles, xxx review article, and xxx co-authored research articles in reputed journals.

While pursuing his Ph.D. thesis, he gained expertise in animal handling, dosing, and dissection, especially in rat and mouse models. He has experience in primary cell culture and maintenance of cell lines, transfection, western blotting, confocal microscopy, IHC and qPCR along with various molecular biology techniques. In addition to sound scientific knowledge he possesses a stable practical hand and can undertake any kind of research work in an extremely precise and systematic manner. He is gifted with fine analytical ability which enables him to resolve research problems and interpret experimental results which are evidenced from his publications in international journals as mentioned in his resume. I am impressed by his commitment to his work, keen interest to learn new techniques and the ability to plan and execute research objectives independently.

He has also regularly participated in conferences, workshops and seminars, which helped him mature as a good researcher. I found him to be a sincere and dedicated young worker eager to complete the tasks assigned to him to the best of his ability. He gets very well along with the other members of the lab and willingly participated in general chores of the division.

I believe that xxxxx has great prospects in research and with more exposure and experience he can attain more potential. Based on my experience, I strongly recommend his candidature for the research position in your group. I am sure that he can be an asset to the laboratory if given a chance.

I shall be pleased to answer any specific queries one may have on his research potential.

I wish him all success in his endeavors.

(xxxxxxxxx)

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #6

It is indeed a pleasure to write a letter of reference for xxxx in support of his application for post-doctoral position in your lab. I know him since last five years, while he was pursuing his doctoral research in my colleague Dr. xxx’s laboratory, in the department of xxx at xxx. xxxx completed his post-graduation in 1st class from Department of Biotechnology, xxx University, India, and qualified prestigious exam for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. In addition, he qualified a reputed national level exam of National Eligibility Test (NET) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India. He was registered in xxxxx University PhD program after successful completion of the course work in xxxx and has submitted his thesis on xxxx xxxx xxxx.

While pursuing his Ph.D. work on the topic “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”, he focused to evaluate the role of xxxx in breast cancer progression. He has worked intensely in the area of breast tumor immunology where he was involved in the molecular elucidation and evaluation of xxxx in in vitro and in vivo breast cancer models. In addition, he identified xxx new classes of compounds having marked anticancer potential. His contribution enabled him xxx first/equal first-authored original research articles, xxx review article, and xxx co-authored research articles in reputed journals.

While pursuing his Ph.D. thesis, he gained expertise in animal handling, dosing, and dissection, especially in rat and mouse models. He has experience in primary cell culture and maintenance of cell lines, transfection, western blotting, confocal microscopy, IHC and qPCR along with various molecular biology techniques. In addition to sound scientific knowledge he possesses a stable practical hand and can undertake any kind of research work in an extremely precise and systematic manner. He is gifted with fine analytical ability which enables him to resolve research problems and interpret experimental results which are evidenced from his publications in international journals as mentioned in his resume. I am impressed by his commitment to his work, keen interest to learn new techniques and the ability to plan and execute research objectives independently.

He has also regularly participated in conferences, workshops and seminars, which helped him mature as a good researcher. I found him to be a sincere and dedicated young worker eager to complete the tasks assigned to him to the best of his ability. He gets very well along with the other members of the lab and willingly participated in general chores of the division.

I believe that xxxxx has great prospects in research and with more exposure and experience he can attain more potential. Based on my experience, I strongly recommend his candidature for the research position in your group. I am sure that he can be an asset to the laboratory if given a chance.

I shall be pleased to answer any specific queries one may have on his research potential.

I wish him all success in his endeavors.

(xxxxxxxxx)

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #7

It gives me immense pleasure to write this latter with strong recommendation in favour of Mr ………………..for the post doctoral position in your laboratory. I know him since xxx, .I had the chance to closely review and criticize his PhD work for three years. I found Mr xxxx always very enthusiastic and inquisitive during his PhD tenure. He has in depth understanding of protein biochemistry and enzymology, he is also efficient in protein purification and crystallization. He always actively participated in scientific discussion. Furthermore, he is a recipient of prestigious xxx-JRF (Government of India) fellowship and presented his research work both nationally and internationally.

I see him very ambitious to become a successful researcher, without any doubt, I recommend him for post doctoral position in your lab.

Prof. XXXX

Address

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #8

It’s my great pleasure to write few words about my student Mr. —- who has applied for the postdoctoral position in your laboratory. I know him since xxxx after his registration as PhD (Life Sciences) student at xxxx, xxxx, xxxx. He has carried out his Ph.D research work on the topic “————-”  in my Lab at xxxx.

Mr.———— has a good understanding of experimental techniques including molecular cloning, protein purification, biophysical characterization (write all the techniques and skills in which you are well versed) etc. During his Ph.D tenure in xxxx. He has (xxxx no. of publication) publications in international peer reviewed journals to his credit. Most importantly, beside an independent researcher he also has a very good team work and collaborative skills. Throughout his tenure, he demonstrated good perseverance and initiative.

Furthermore, he is a recipient of various prestigious fellowships like CSIR-NET, GATE, DBT-JRF, DAE-JRF (Government of India) and presented his research work both nationally and internationally.

I see him very ambitious to become a successful researcher, without any doubt, I recommend him for postdoctoral position in your lab.

I wish him, all the best for his future endeavours.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any other information

Regards,

Dr. XXXX

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #9

I am writing this letter to recommend Mr.—————-i for postdoctoral position. I know Mr.————- since ———— after his registration as PhD (Life Sciences) student at xxxx, xxxx. He carried out his Ph.D research work with Dr. —————–, who I am sure will be happy to provide you further information about his skills as a research scientist. Mr. ——— became familiar with variety of experimental techniques during his doctoral studies including molecular biology, protein biochemistry, protein crystallization, protein- protein interactions and bioinformatics. During his Ph.D tenure in xxxxx, Mr. ———– acquired a wide understanding of the field of cancer research and often expressed his interest in interdisciplinary research. He published his research work as first author and also in a team as a contributing author. Mr. ———- became capable of designing his own experiments to achieve the objective of his project and planned his time accordingly. He also developed an effective working relationship with his supervisor and other members of the academic unit. I firmly believe that Mr. ———- has the potential to be valued member of any research team and I’m sure he would make a fine addition to your lab. And I offer my support in this endeavour. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I would like to wish Mr. ———- every success in his future endeavours.

Prof. XXXX

Address

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #10

***********

Full lab address,XXXX  INDIA

Mobile: ***********

Email: ***********

Skype id: ***********

RE: Recommendation letter in favour of Mr. ***********, applicant of Postdoctoral Position.

Dear Dr. XXXXXXXX;

I am happy to record my impressions about Mr. ***********who completed his PhD under the mentorship of my  colleague  Dr.. ***********, Senior Scientist, xxxxxxxxxx Institute. *********** got his higher education his Masters in Biotechnology with first division from the prestigious xxxx University, following which he qualified national level examinations Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering  (GATE) and National Eligibility Test (NET,CSIR-JRF,ICMR-JRF). *********** was subsequently awarded with Junior Research Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India which enabled him to join xxxxx for his graduate research. My close collaboration with their research group got me in touch with this talented and bright young man who comes across as a very enthusiastic and dedicated researcher who would never be tired of spending long hours with his research experiments. I would frequently have discussions with their group and *********** would always stand out with his impressive knowledge of his subject of research and with his excellent thinking approach. I think his greatest quality is his independent thinking that makes him fit for a challenging postdoctoral position wherein he can drive his passion further, enhance his skills and with his independent thinking he could even lead a small group of fellows/students. *********** is a friendly person who goes along well with all his colleagues; he is regarded as a good mentor by the trainees who would join the lab during summer; a quality that prepares him to be a good team leader. ***********’s hard work and efforts got him rewarded as two of his work is in communication process in peer reviewed international publications; he is a co-author in two other publications where he contributed technically and intellectually.

*********** has substantial experience in the area of Molecular Biology, Protein biophysics, and proteomics. In all, He is a perfect blend of hard work, dedication and sound knowledge. His understanding and innovative prospective will always be helpful in dissecting out the problem, and I strongly believe that he will be an asset for any research organization. I have no hesitation in giving my strongest recommendations to  ***********s candidature for a potential postdoctoral fellowship at your institute. I will be glad to provide any more details, if so requested.

Respectfully

Dr. ***********

Senior Scientist

Email: ***********

Web-Page link:

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #11

Date- xxxx January xxx

RE: Recommendation letter for Mr. XXX.

Dear Dr. xxxx,

It gives me immense pleasure to write this recommendation for xxxx in support of his application for Post-doctoral position in your research programme. xxxx did M.Sc. (Master of Science) in Biotechnology in 1st class from xxx University, xxxx and after qualifying a national level exam DBT-JRF (Department of Biotechnology- Junior Research Fellowships), he joined my research programme as a Junior Research Fellow in xxxx. xxxx qualified another very competitive xxx xxxx University exam to secure his PhD registration in the institute. Together these accomplishments tell about his extraordinary level of academic class. I supervised his PhD thesis work, which he submitted on xxxx. It is expected he will defend his Ph.D. thesis very soon.

In addition to his xxx first/equal first-authored original papers and xxx review article, xxxx has co-authored in three papers. xxxx is an excellent team worker as evident from his publications. He has wide range of expertise in cell and molecular biology techniques as well as animal handling and experimentation. xxx routinely prepares orthotopic tumor animal models (rat/mouse), have significant experience in xxxx mammary tumor model, histology, immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, administration of drugs by gavage and i.p or s.c. routes. On the other hand he is also well conversant in various cell based assays by harvesting cultures of cell lines, primary cultures of clinical tumors, western blotting, qPCR, flow cytometry, ELISA, mammalian cell transfection etc.

Besides his impressive pursuit of scientific research, xxx has been a genuine and sincere teacher. xxx has served as the immediate tutor of three trainees (M.Sc. Biotechnology students, who came to my lab for M.Sc dissertation). xxx is capable of interacting with the researchers and collaborators very well.

Overall, I found xxx to be a bright, productive, intelligent, and constructive researcher who has enormous potential to excel in research and based on the above observations, I enthusiastically recommend him for this position.

Should you want to know anything more on xxxx’s academic credentials, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

(xxxxx) 

Effective Recommendation Letter For Postdoctoral Fellow #12

To Dr. XXX,

I am writing in support of Mr. xxxxxx’s application for a post-doctoral position in your lab. I have known xxxxx for the past few years as a member of his thesis (doctoral) committee. He is a very hard working student in Dr. xxxxxx’s lab and I have closely monitored his progress during the doctoral committee meetings which are conducted every year. xxxxx has the scientific aptitude to excel as a research scientist.

xxxx’s PhD thesis study revolves around identifying the multiple cell signalling  pathways that regulate tumour formation upon the loss of xxxx.  As part of his thesis work, he has published xxx first author research paper in xxx and will soon communicate his second paper.

During his laboratory courses, he has developed very good hands on various cell biology and biochemical techniques. He has mastered the basic techniques in molecular biology like DNA/RNA isolation, PCR, protein expression and characterization, bacterial and mammalian cell culture, multiple cell-based assays and animal handling. He also has the ability to think independently about his research and has used this effectively to drive forward his PhD work. He is efficient in performing all the experiments by himself and I sincerely believe that such independent approach is an asset which will help him tremendously in his scientific career. xxxxx is a well-organized person, and I am sure that he will be quickly able to grasp new concepts and objectives of  any given project.

I would strongly and whole heartedly support xxxx’s application for a post-doctoral position in your lab.

Sincerely

Dr. xxxx

Scientific Officer xxx, xxxx, India.

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