From Chaos to Knowledge: Organizing Your Research Notes with Obsidian, Zotero, and Git + AI integration#
Speaker: Rohan Rahatgaonkar • Date: 17-04-2026
When / Where#
Friday 17th, April at 11:30 am • Sala de Seminarios
Abstract#
Your research brain is overflowing—dozens of papers read, hundreds of notes scattered across files, key insights buried and forgotten. Finding that one critical result from three months ago? Impossible. Managing versions of your evolving understanding? Chaotic. In this session, I’ll show you how to build an organized, interconnected research knowledge base using Obsidian for note-taking, Zotero for reference management, and Git for version control. By integrating these tools, you can seamlessly import annotated papers, synthesize observations into interconnected notes, and track how your ideas evolve over time. Whether you’re connecting stellar physics across multiple simulations, tracking conflicting theoretical explanations, or synthesizing survey data into coherent arguments, this workflow transforms your scattered research notes into a coherent, searchable knowledge graph. I’ll demonstrate practical setups for literature management, note organization, and collaborative research. A new option to integrate custom local AI model to Obsidian to talk to your entire vault!
Files#
Slides: PythonDay_Zoter+Obsidian.pptx
Template: new_zotero_template.md
Video: video