Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Ozan Aygun

            Dr. Ozan Aygun is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on April 15th. His presentation is titled “Spatially-resolved live-cell proteomics to probe human health and disease”. BIO: Dr. Aygun obtained his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara. During his undergraduate research…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Dan Brunner

Dr. Dan Brunner is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on April 15th. His presentation is titled “The heat flux problem in fusion reactors”. BIO: Dr. Brunner obtained his PhD at MIT in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. His research focused on the development of probes for the boundary plasma of the Plamsa Science…

Call for Abstract-Share your Science event- Win a tablet and Amazon gifts cards!!!

Hi Postdocs! We remind you that the PDA is organizing the 4th edition of the event: MIT Postdocs Share Their Science that will be held on March 24th, from 1 to 4pm at Morse Hall (Walker Memorial, 50-140). This event allows Postdocs from all fields at MIT to share their research with all the MIT community by presenting…

Postdocs Sharing Science Seminar this Thursday at 4:00pm and Social Hour at State Park, 5:15pm

Round three of our new casual seminar series, Postdocs Sharing Science, will take place this Thursday, March 12, at 4:00pm in E25-401. We’ve had a lot of great speakers and discussions in the past couple of months, and we are excited to see what’s next! Even if you can’t make the seminar, please join us at State Park from…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. William Porter

Dr. William Porter is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on on March 12th. His presentation is titled “Sun, stats, and smog: meteorological drivers of air-quality extremes”. ABSTRACT: Relationships between regional weather conditions and pollutant concentrations have been studied extensively over the years, and many general patterns have been established in terms of meteorological impacts…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Fangting Yu

Dr. Fangting Yu is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on on March 12th. Her presentation is titled “De novo protein design toward creating functional metalloenzymes”. BIO: Dr. Fangting Yu received her B.S. in Chemistry in 2009 from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, P. R. China. Her undergraduate research was focused…

Featured Postdoc (Seminar speaker): Dr. Daniel Cuppoletti

Dr. Daniel Cuppoletti is presenting at the Postdoc Seminar Series on March 12th. His presentation is titled “From Jet Engines to Vocal Cords: Fluid Dynamics and Aeroacoustics”. ABSTRACT: Aerospace engineers are well known for their work on airplanes, jet engines, and rockets. This has required pushing the boundaries of fluid dynamics research on the experimental…

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…