Nov. 23: Maximizing the Postdoctoral Period

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

*Maximizing the Postdoctoral Period*

Date and Time: Monday, November 23, 2015, 3-4:30 pm
Location: Singleton Auditorium, Building 46-3002 
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46>
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research

Register <http://goo.gl/forms/cte895LMd7>http://goo.gl/forms/cte895LMd7

How can you optimize your postdoctoral experience at MIT? Professor 
Hazel Sive and two seasoned postdoctoral scholars will offer their 
insight and suggestions and answer your questions. Our speakers will 
share diverse perspectives. Professor Sive is passionate about teaching, 
research, and mentoring. Dr. Markita Landry has recently secured a 
faculty position, and we are finalizing an additional postdoc speaker 
who is pursuing a nonacademic path.

_About the Speakers_

*Markita Landry, Ph.D*, is an assistant professor in the department of 
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, 
Berkeley.She received a B.S. in Chemistry, and a B.A. in Physics from 
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Ph.D. in Chemical 
Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and 
completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical Engineering at MIT. 
Additionally, she has held interim research positions at the Biophysics 
Institute at the Technical University of Munich, and at the center for 
nanobiosciences at Osaka University. Dr. Landry’s current research 
centers on the development of label-free sensors using 
nanoparticle-polymer composites. She was a recipient of the NSF graduate 
research fellowship, and is a recent recipient of early career awards 
from the NARSAD foundation and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.


*Hazel Sive, Ph.D,* is a Professor of Biology at MIT, Member of the 
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Associate Member of the 
Broad Institute and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. She received the B.Sc. 
Hons. from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 
and the Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. Her research focuses on 
neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as fundamental processes 
underlying brain and craniofacial development, using zebrafish and frog 
systems. She leads the Working Group on Neural Disorders for the 
Zebrafish Disease Models Society.

Dr. Sive also focuses on education, and has a particular interest in 
promoting effective postdoctoral training. She teaches Introductory 
Biology to undergraduates and Developmental Biology to graduate 
students. She is former Associate Dean of Science with oversight for 
diversity and education. She led the 2011 Report on the Status of Women 
in Science at MIT, and continues to promote gender equity. Dr. Sive is 
presently Chair of the Committee on Student Life, Chair of the Faculty 
Postdoc Advisory Committee and co-Chair of the MITx Faculty Advisory 
Committee. She is Founding Director of the MIT-South Africa Program and 
Founding Coordinator of the MIT-AFRICA Initiative. Dr. Sive is committed 
to communicating the powerful contributions that scientific research 
makes to human health and society.

*[Additional speaker to be announced]*

-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Director of Postdoctoral Services
Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT, 10-237
tel. 617-715-4671
https://postdocs.mit.edu/

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