Best AI Practices for Scientific Writing
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PICR Monthly Series on Career Development
Best AI Practices for Scientific Writing
Matt Del Busto, Noah Patterson
Professional Writing Specialists, Purdue OWL
October 28, 2025, 1 PM – 2 PM
Drug Discovery (DRUG) Lobby Conference Room
Key points:
- Discuss academic integrity and critical literacy within the context of AI usage
- Share prompt engineering strategies for writing
- Lead students through a guided activity to apply and reflect on these strategies
- Present best practices for using AI in scientific writing
Speakers:
Matt Del Busto is a Professional Writing Specialist at the Purdue OWL and is interested in nearly all things related to writing and the teaching of writing. He received his MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers Program, where he was a 2022-23 Postgraduate Fellow in Creative Writing. He’s taught composition and creative writing classes at the University of Michigan,
Washtenaw Community College, and Purdue.
Noah Patterson is a Professional Writing Specialist at the Purdue OWL. Before
Purdue, Noah consulted with students, faculty, and staff at the writing centers of Ball
State University and Florida State University. He received his M.A. in English from
Florida State University in 2020, where he also taught first-year composition.
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Questions: yang1491@purdue.edu