How to Negotiate an Academic Job Offer: Dec 5; 3-4:30 pm

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

*Reminder:*

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How to Negotiate an Academic Job Offer*

*Speakers:* Professors Troy Littleton and Markus Buehler, MIT_
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*Date and Time*: Wednesday December 5, 2012, from 3 to 4:30 pm

*Location*: 54-100 <http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=54>**(Green Building)


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You have been offered your dream job. Now you have to negotiate with 
your future department/institution for the support you will need to set 
up your new laboratory. Professors Troy Littleton and Markus Buehler 
will discuss the do's and don'ts of How to Negotiate a Job Offer.

*Dr. Littleton* is Professor in the Dept of Biology, as well as in the 
Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He received his MD and Ph.D. 
from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and completed his 
postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin. In 2000, he joined 
the faculty of the Department of Biology and the Picower Institute for 
Learning and Memory at MIT. Dr. Littleton will talk about how to 
estimate what it will take to run your lab.

*Dr. Buehler *is Associate Professor in the Dept of Civil and 
Environmental Engineering at MIT, where he directs the Laboratory for 
Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM). He is the Director of the 
MIT-Germany Program, Co-Director of the MIT Computation for Design and 
Optimization Program, and leads the Mechanics and Materials Group in the 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has participated 
in faculty search committees and will offer the hiring department's 
perspective in such negotiations.

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