Committee to Review the State of the Postdoctoral Experience in Scientists and Engineers
Meeting III

Presentations

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Best Practices and New Developments in the Postdoctoral Experience

• Geoff Davis, Staff Researcher, Google [presentation]
• Alberto Roca, Founder, Editor, Diversity Consultant, and Recruiter at MinorityPostdoc.org
• Mary Anne With, Postdoctoral Program Office Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Perspectives on the Interactions between University Administrators, Principal Investigators, and Postdoctoral Scholars

• Christine Des Jarlais, Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs and Diversity, University of California, San Francisco [presentation]
• Sharon Metzger, Senior Fellowship and Postdoctoral Scholar Program Analyst, University of California, Irvine [presentation]
• Rolf Saager, Postdoctoral Scholar Association President and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Irvine
• Neal Sweeney, UAW Local 5810 Vice President and Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz

Friday, March 9, 2012

No open session presentations were made during the second day of the meeting.

Resources

• Chapter 3 of the 2012 Science and Engineering Indicators: Science and Engineering Labor Force from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation
• Chapter 5 of the 2012 Science and Engineering Indicators: Academic Research and Development from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation
• Postdoc Institutional Policy Databasea joint project of Sigma Xi and the National Postdoctoral Association
• A Forgotten Class of Scientists - Examining the Parental and Family Benefits Available to Research Trainees by the Federal Demonstration Partnership
• National Lab Postdoctoral Programs by Mary Anne With
• DHS Reforms To Attract And Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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