: Re: How to write in an academic way and sound professional? For example, how could I write the following sentences in an academic way? After I have contacted Dr. .., he has accepted to be on

@Cooney417

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First, the obvious:

Use formal language: no contractions, no slang, no casual speech forms
Avoid typos and grammatical errors like the plague: one misplaces apostrophe can make even the most intellectual statement sound dumb
Be complete and concise: don't say anything you don't need to say; do say everything you do need to say

In general, assume you are writing to busy professionals who are well versed in whatever you are discussing, and write so they can get through your text without confusion of distraction. If they can do that, they will tend to see you as professional in your own right.
On a more subtle level, be direct and declarative; don't beat around the bush with social niceties, but get to the meat of the matter. For example, Where you wrote this:

After I have contacted Dr. _, he has accepted to be on my supervision
panel, he told me that he can contact you and ask you if you are
interesting in being on my supervision panel. Then, he informed me
that you have you are interested. Thus, I would like to thank you for
accepting to be on my supervisor panel.

I would say:

Dr. _ informed me that that you are willing to be on my supervision
panel. Thank you, I am honored you would do that.

There's no need to repeat the process by which this happened, which the person you are writing to (Dr. X) already knows. There is certainly no need to tell X what X said to _. And there is no need to beat around the bush with empty filler words like 'I would like to'. Be active: don't 'like to thank', don't 'would like to thank'; just 'thank' and move forward.

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