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Dear Postdocs,</div>
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Are you interested in exploring career paths beyond academia?</div>
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The MIT PDA Professional Development and Alumni Committees are excited to invite you to our Industry Career Panel. Join us for a discussion with panelists from industry and startup who will share their experiences transitioning beyond academia.</div>
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<b>Lunch will be provided by the PDA.</b></div>
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<b>Register and submit your questions here:<br>
</b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDwdcsrNle7PDuUQhT_-_t1NSUK-Gxo0azj69DRNCO0IjM9A/viewform?usp=dialog" id="OWAb641296b-ccc8-aee7-1210-6a3ef48a2d47" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDwdcsrNle7PDuUQhT_-_t1NSUK-Gxo0azj69DRNCO0IjM9A/viewform?usp=dialog" data-auth="NotApplicable">MIT
PDA Industry Career Panel</a></div>
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<b><u>Event details</u></b><u><br>
</u><b>Date:</b> Friday, May 15, 2026<br>
<b>Time:</b> 1:00–2:30 PM<br>
<b>Format:</b> Hybrid, in person + Zoom<br>
<b>In-person location: </b>E19-202<br>
<b>Zoom link:</b> <a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/94504852607" id="x_anchor-1e9e4b65-cb7e-4458-bea8-6528be1a8526" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="OWAAutoLink">
https://mit.zoom.us/j/94504852607</a></div>
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<b>This panel features:</b></div>
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<b>Steven Rick</b> – Solutions Architect at NVIDIA</div>
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<b>Jonathan Cottet</b> – Product and Technology Strategy Leader at Parallel Fluidics</div>
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<b>Blaise Delaney</b> – Applied AI/ML researcher and startup leader</div>
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This event is <b>open to all MIT postdocs.</b></div>
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For questions, please contact:<br>
Vas Fotopoulos – <a href="mailto:vasfotop@mit.edu" id="OWAb3b65772-8f5f-5c6e-bec4-c58df1b72eb7" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink">
vasfotop@mit.edu</a> <br>
Dani Coogan – <a href="mailto:decoogan@mit.edu" id="OWAef3a39a3-cb3b-cce2-cd21-c705f6663806" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:decoogan@mit.edu">
decoogan@mit.edu</a><br>
Poornima Dubey – <a href="mailto:dubey599@mit.edu" id="OWAd5d6d4f2-4d1e-bdae-fada-e8eedf8d13a4" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink">
dubey599@mit.edu</a></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes,<br>
Vas, Dani, and Poornima<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">MIT PDA Professional Development & Alumni Committees</span></div>
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