Sentences with phrase «serve as a postdoc»

As chair of the PSA, I served as the postdoc representative on the UC Davis Graduate Council, the academic faculty committee responsible for postdocs.

In 2002, he moved to Edmonton, Canada, to serve as a postdoc at the University of Alberta.

Not exact matches

Even though they do not serve as professors, researchers who pursue other academic paths note that their intensive training — in grad school, postdoc appointments, and other experiences — prepares them uniquely for the challenges of their new positions.

Pictured (left to right): Seated, Soroush Vosoughi, a postdoc at the Media Lab's Laboratory for Social Machines; Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management at MIT Sloan; and Deb Roy, an associate professor of media arts and sciences at the MIT Media Lab, who also served as Twitter's Chief Media Scientist from 2013 to 2017.

New Ideas In his own part - time role as postdoc director, Lipscomb manages departmental awards and activities and «serves as liaison for postdocs with faculty,» Autry says.

«Nowadays, the postdoc is serving as a springboard for many other careers,» Yamamoto said.

This type of offering is a «win - win» for the postdoc, TTO, and university, says Susalka, because the intern / postdoc can then serve as an «ambassador» in his or her home department and share their experience to help peers in their own patenting and commercialization pursuits.

In addition to serving as apprentices, postdocs should be offered the same training and opportunities provided doctoral students in programs such as IE.

Odds are, however, that things will move slowly, so an early start to the job search will serve to minimize the number of weeks you spend cooling your heels as a «postdoc» in your graduate adviser's lab.

Indeed, most institutions will not even allow postdocs to serve as co-PIs on research grant applications — although some do — let alone as full PIs.

Demiralp was on the verge of doing a postdoc with Barrett after she had served as one of his Ph.D. advisers.

Second, by comparing the number of faculty in the field to the number doing a postdoc — which besides being a training phase also serves as a holding pattern for scientists waiting and hoping for faculty jobs — we can get an idea of whether Ph.D. scientists have access to other career options they deem acceptable.

This type of behaviour of the white blood cells served as an inspiration for the postdoc, Daniel Ahmed, who was working in Professor Bradley Nelson's research group at ETH Zurich.

At the University of Pennsylvania's PENN Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN - PORT) program, which just had its 5 - year IRACDA grant renewed for a second term, first - year postdocs spend about 85 % of their time doing mentored research and about 15 % taking pedagogy classes and preparing to teach at one of three minority - serving institutions nearby: Lincoln University, which is recognized as the United States» first historically black university, in unincorporated southern Pennsylvania; Delaware County Community College (DCCC), which is in Pennsylvania; and Rutgers University, Camden, in New Jersey.

McCarthy served as one of the key organizers of the 1999 and 2000 FARE competitions and worked with her fellow postdocs to make FARE a success.

Indeed, compared with a previous unionization effort in 2006, which encountered opposition and ended with the withdrawal of the union's petition, «Everything has gone fairly smoothly,» says Matthew O'Connor, a bioengineering postdoc and chief union organizer at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, who also serves as president of Berkeley's postdoctoral scholars association.

For example, one respondent identified as «Director of Postdoctoral Studies» remarked «I am temporarily responsible, but it is more in my capacity to survey the postdocs rather than serve a long - term commitment.»

Postdoc office personnel often serve as negotiators, dealing with many different departments, to secure recognition of postdocs.

Later, rankings can also serve as a useful tool for graduate students or postdocs to assess a university's «reputation» across the country.

Postdocs facing unemployment can take many tacks: volunteer with a nonprofit, serve as an adjunct professor, or freelance as a writer or consultant.

Before the Peace Corps, he served as US editor for Science's Next Wave (www.sciencecareers.org) and as editor of Next Wave's Postdoc Network (now the National Postdoctoral Association @ www.nationalpostdoc.org).

In addition to serving as a career - planning resource, the OACD is also poised to handle the needs of postdocs» daily lives in the laboratory.

In welcoming participants to the NAS convocation, Maxine Singer, retired president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the chair of COSEPUP, also cited examples of progress, among them the «very productive» union negotiations conducted by University of Connecticut Health Center postdocs, which should serve as «a wake - up call to mentors.»

Only if postdocs are recognized as the core of tomorrow's research leadership can they reach their full potential and serve as positive role models for future generations.

She branched out after a postdoc at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joining Science's Next Wave (as Science Careers used to be called), where she served as manager of the Postdoc Network and was instrumental in creating the National Postdoctoral Associationpostdoc at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joining Science's Next Wave (as Science Careers used to be called), where she served as manager of the Postdoc Network and was instrumental in creating the National Postdoctoral AssociationPostdoc Network and was instrumental in creating the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA).

In meeting these challenges, these former postdocs said that they were well served by their transferable skills, the broader professional experience that they gained as a postdoc, resilience, and adaptability.

In each lab, one or more graduate students or postdocs serve as lab safety officers (LSOs), acting as safety advisers, advocates, and educators for their lab mates.

Roland Wagner, a postdoc in the lab of Sumit Chanda at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in San Diego, California, agreed to serve as my CRISPR sensei.

This year was no exception, as a multitude of activities were held for postdocs that served to enhance their professional and personal lives.

Postdoc at Tel Aviv University Dr. Jerison completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at Stanford University and then served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University.

PDOs serve as a critical focal point for assessing these diversity efforts as well as modeling effective mentoring strategies for the benefit of all postdocs.

From 2015 to 2017, Nelson served as a vice chair for the Outreach Committee, participating in various committee activities such as planning of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW), engaging NPA members through social media, and developing promotional campaigns and videos.

This idea was the motiviation for the creation of a postdoc virtual community where Dr. Esnayra served as the first moderator.

Ms. Miller helps with MinorityPostdoc.org activities by researching potential postdoc candidates, taking notes, attending diversity conferences, and serving as a liaison with the LGBTQ community.

Can current diversity postdoctoral fellowships serve as a model for enhancing the training for all postdocs?

The IDP serves as a tool for mentor and postdoc to identify short - term skills for improving current performance, as well as long - term planning to identify approaches to develop the necessary skills for the career objectives.

«I sat down fresh out of government with no lab, no students, no postdocs, no money,» said Chu, who served as U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013.