Scientist Template: Research, Experiments and the Lab

A lab profile is judged on what it can actually run: analytical techniques, instruments, protocols, and the ability to produce reproducible results. This template gives explicit sections to techniques and instruments, because omitting them makes a profile look purely theoretical.

The steps

1. Start with the scientific details: specialism, degree, institution
2. Add a lab techniques section: the ones you can genuinely run, not the ones you know of
3. Add the instruments and scientific software you have used
4. Add experimental projects with the hypothesis, the result and your role
5. Add publications and scientific reports after that

Practical tips

• Separate techniques you have mastered from those whose principles you merely know
• List lab safety certifications if you hold any; many employers require them
• A reproducible result beats a spectacular one — describe your method, not just the finding

Common mistakes to avoid

• Filling the techniques section with names you cannot execute, which surfaces in the first practical test
• Omitting instruments and software, the first thing a lab supervisor looks for

Frequently asked questions

How is it different from the researcher template?

The researcher template foregrounds scientific output, publications and funding; this one foregrounds the lab work itself: techniques, instruments, experiments.

Should I mention failed experiments?

Do not detail failures on the CV, but you can cite a project you unblocked — that proves diagnostic ability. In an interview, an analysed failure helps.

Links for this guide

• See the scientist template
• Or the researcher template