This week at MIT (Feb 15th – 21st)

        February 16, 2014 Company presentation:  Schlumberger (organized by the MIT GECD) Location: 3-270 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm   February 17, 2015 Resumes for the YES Pile (A GECD Webinar) (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm LinkedIn Lab (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: E39-040 Time: 2:00pm…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Dominik Hartmann

Dr. Dominik Hartmann is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on Febuary 11th. His presentation is titled “Uncovering the relationships between productive structures and income inequality”.             BIO: Dr. Dominik Hartmann is a complexity economist and EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Media Lab (US) and the University…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Sudha Kumari

Dr. Sudha Kumari is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on Febuary 11th. Her presentation is titled “Cell-cell contacts in immune response”.             BIO: Dr. Sudha Kumari is currently a postdoctoral associate at the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Kumari completed a PhD in…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Bilge Atasoy

Dr. Bilge Atasoy is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on Febuary 11th. Her presentation is titled “Optimizing a flexible mobility on demand system”.             BIO: Dr. Bilge Atasoy has been a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT working with Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva since December 2013. Prior to joining Intelligent Transportation Systems…

This week at MIT (Feb 8th – 14th)

      February 9, 2014 How to Request Letters of Recommendation (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-153 Time: 7:15pm – 8:45pm   February 10, 2015 LinkedIn Lab: Transforming a Passive Profile to an Active Networking Platform (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 1-371 Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm GRE Strategy Session, sponsored…

Postdoc Seminar Series – Speakers for Feb 11th

Hey there Postdocs, Round two of our new casual seminar series, Postdocs Sharing Science, will take place next Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 4:00pm in E25-401. The first session is January was a delight, with three great speakers and some thought-provoking discussions, and we are looking forward to another gripping hour of science, snacks, and socializing…

This week at MIT (Feb 1st – 7th)

      February 3, 2014 Writing Compelling Cover Letters (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-159 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Off the Record: 1 on 1with a Silicon Valley Tech Recruiter (organized by the MIT GECD, registration required) Location: 4-237 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm   February 5, 2015 Resumes for the YES Pile (A…

Featured Postdoc (Travel grant winner): Dr. John Barton

Dr. John Barton was awarded a PDA travel grant for the Jan-June 2015 cycle.             BIO: Dr. John Barton obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. Joel Lebowitz. There he studied the statistical mechanics of simple one-dimensional lattice models and methods of…