UPDATED: Mentorship Best Practices: Faculty Panel Discussion, May 1st

Fri Apr 25 16:05:20 EDT 2025

What does it take to be a great mentor? Learn from MIT faculty<https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA>
How do you develop great mentorship skills? What are skills you can already apply during your postdoc and gain during your first years as a faculty member?

Join the winners of MIT PDA's mentorship awards to learn how these MIT faculty members have learned to be effective, supportive mentors to their postdoctoral scholars. Moderated by PDA Alumni Chair, Dani Coogan, you'll have a chance to hear about their experiences mentoring students and postdocs, their strategies for effective mentoring, and insights they would like to share with you.

Featured MIT faculty panelists:
Prof. Muriel Medard (Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), 2022 winner)
Prof. Jing Kong (Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), 2024 winner, Established Mentor)
Prof. Laura Lewis  (Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), 2024 winner, Early Career Mentor)

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, May 1st, 12pm-1pm ET
Hybrid event! In-person (E19-202) or Zoom (https://mit.zoom.us/j/93115366095)

RSVP to attend: https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA

Do you think your PI deserves recognition, and to be on the next Mentoring Best Practices Panel?  Nominate your PI for the 2025 MIT PDA Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award<https://pda.mit.edu/mentoring-award/>!  A friendly reminder that nominations are due this Friday (April 25th).
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