Have you been looking for opportunities to share your research, connect with peers, and engage with new ideas across disciplines? We invite you to the upcoming Interdepartmental Postdoc Poster Symposium. This event is open to all postdocs, whether you’d like to present a poster or simply attend and enjoy the conversations. Everyone is invited to join…
PDA Mentoring Awards 2025: Call for Nominations
Dear MIT Postdoc community, We are excited to open nominations for the MIT PDA Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award 2025! The goal of the award is to honor and acknowledge principal investigators (PIs) for excellent postdoctoral scholar mentoring, and to recognize both the value of quality mentoring and its impact on the career path of postdoctoral scholars. It will highlight the unique opportunities and challenges…
Orientation committee chair nominations
Our current Orientation Committee Chair, Ziling Chen, has recently completed his postdoctoral appointment and can no longer serve in this role. With Ziling’s departure, we are now seeking self-nominations for a new Orientation Committee Chair. The Chair is responsible for organizing resources and events to help new postdocs transition successfully into the MIT community, and…
PDA General Meeting and Coffee Hour Summary 02/24/25
Thank you all for coming to our coffee hour this week! Here you can download the summary and the slides. Want to get involved? Please don’t hesitate to reach out via Slack or contactpda@mit.edu! Best,WinaldPDA Recording Secretary…
Postdoc Buddy Program
The Postdoc Buddy Program Spring Chapter is now ONLINE!! You will be paired with fellow postdocs in other departments/institutes that share similar interests or career aspirations. It is a great opportunity to get out of the lab bubble, meet new people, and build a supportive network. The registration is open until Friday, January 31st (or until all…
GetFit Challenge
GetFit aims to make MIT a healthier community by encouraging participants to exercise regularly. You would participate as part of a group, encouraging each other to be active and submitting your collective activity weekly, with the goal of increasing active minutes throughout the challenge. Prizes will be awarded from PDA and GetFit. The 2025 GetFit challenge starts on February 3, 2025, and ends on April 27,…
Salary Discussions between PDA Executive Board and Vice-President for Research
In this month’s meeting between the PDA Executive Board and the Vice-President for Research, we discussed the results of the postdoc salary negotiations that spanned the past weeks and months. As explained in the e-mail to all MIT postdocs, the minimum salary will be increased to $69k in January and $71k in July for both…
November Meeting and Coffee Hour
Thanks everyone for joining today’s PDA General Meeting and Coffee Hour and sharing your great ideas for the postdoc community! Happy Thanksgiving….
Department tour at AeroAstro
Thanks to everyone who joined our PDA department tour at AeroAstro today, and special thanks to our tour guide, Anthony.We had a blast visiting the Windtunnel and Drone Range, seeing workshops, and learning about AeroAstro’s history.Please let Fabian know if you can give a tour of your building, department, or lab or talk about your…
Department and lab tours across MIT
Dear Postdocs, We’re kicking off a new series of department and lab tours across MIT to discover what’s happening in our various buildings, learn about research in other fields, and connect to people across campus. This first event on November 18th, 2024, at 3 p.m. is a tour of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics…