Post
Doctoral
Association
- Advocacy Committee (Chair - Eveline Geiser)
- Communicate concerns to the faculty & administration on behalf of the postdocs
- Address issues pertaining to careers, health care, benefits, salary, immigration, child care, grant-funding mechanisms, gym memberships, etc.
- Establish a unified postdoc voice and increase the profile of postdocs within the MIT community
- Professional Development Committee (Chair - Colas Schretter)
- Promote the ethical conduct of research
- Establish mutually rewarding mentoring relationships with members of the MIT community
- Organize regular orientation sessions, career-building workshops, research symposiums, etc.
- Award travel grants to postdoctoral trainees to support travel to conferences
- Community Building (Chair -
David Engel)
- Encourage participation and involvement within the MIT community
- Enlist the support of MIT postdoctoral trainees towards PDA efforts through committee participation and involvement
- Organize networking and social events that create a supportive peer group and integrate postdocs into the larger MIT community
- Information Flow and IT Support
Committee (Chair -
Xian Du)
- Set up efficient communication and publicity systems (i.e. listserv, LinkedIn & Facebook groups, etc)
- Maintain an up-to-date internet site of resources and information
- Establish consistency and continuity in the mission, organization, and conduct of the PDA
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Alumni Association Committee (Chair – Runyu Tan)
- Establish an MIT Postdoctoral Alumni Network and encourage communication among postdoc alumni
- Ensure all MIT postdocs are considered alumni of the institution and become part of the MIT alumni association
- Seek to have every postdoc receive an alum.mit.edu e-mail address
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Fundraising Committee Committee (Chair – Suresh Maddur Ganesan)
- Raise substantial funds to support PDA events
- Discuss and implement ideas for fundraising events
- Plan and organize vendor fairse-mail address
