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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MIT postdocs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Thank you all for voting during the 2024/2025 MIT PDA officer elections! </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are happy to announce the new cohort of elected PDA officers for the coming year who will be taking over on September 1st, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Election results: </span></i></b><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">President: <b>Bettina Schmerl</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Vice-President: <b>Ishaq Khan<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Recording Secretary:<b> Winald Kitzmann</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Corresponding Secretary:
<b>Danlei Chen</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Human Affairs/DEI Chair: <b>Bensu Manav</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Advocacy Committee Chair:<b> Amy Lee</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Orientation Committee Chair: <b>Ziling Chen</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Professional Development Chair: <b>Expery Omollo</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Sports Committee Chair: <b>Fabian Moeller</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Alumni Committee Chair: <b>Danielle Coogan<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Community Building Committee Chair:<b> Juan Felipe Torres Gonzales<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">IT & Information Committee Chair:<b> David Rohrbach<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">=========================<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to the initiatives, connections, and events this new cohort will be pursuing. We are confident that they will
<span style="color:black">advocate on behalf of all postdocs at MIT</span>, create opportunities for postdocs to find their communities as well as advance their careers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you know any of these new officers, kindly congratulate them. Also, stay involved and in touch by attending the PDA general meetings. Watch out for the general meeting reminders via the newsletter and the slack channel.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers to a great academic year ahead! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Your current PDA officers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonospacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ayomipo Arowosola (PhD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonospacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Postdoctoral Associate | Materials Systems Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonospacing"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Vice President, MIT Postdoctoral Association</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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