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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 2025/2026 MIT PDA board 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, 2025.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Election results: </span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">President: <b>Yiqiao Zheng</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vice-President: <b>Kadir Bice<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Treasurer:<b> Elia Arnese Feffin<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Corresponding Secretary:
<b>Danlei Chen</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Recording Secretary:<b> K<span class="selectable-text">ü</span>bra Kaygisiz<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Advocacy Committee Chair:<b> Khanh Tran</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alumni Committee Chair: <b>Danielle Coogan<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community Building Committee Chair:<b> Megan Priestley<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Belonging and Outreach Committee Chair: <b>Abhishek Soni</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Professional Development Committee Chair: <b>Poornima Dubey</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sports Committee Chair: <b>Fabian Moeller</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IT & Information Committee Chair:<b> Yibei Chen<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We look forward to the initiatives, connections, and events this new cohort will be pursuing as they
</span><span style="color:black">advocate on</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> behalf of all postdocs at MIT, create opportunities for postdocs to find community and advance their careers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cheers to a great academic year ahead!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Your current PDA officers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Bettina Schmerl, Dr. rer. nat.
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Postdoctoral Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">President of the MIT Postdoctoral Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Picower Institute for Learning and Memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
43 Vassar St.<br>
Building 46, Room 3225<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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