Date

Event

Speakers

January 18

Journal Club

Building 240, Room 1416
11:45 AM-1:00 PM
Lunch Provided

Please RSVP at http://www.dep.anl.gov/postdocs/activities/rsvp/registrationform.asp

Joe Bernstein (HEP)

Tricky Harbors & Leaky Boats: Challenges of Women in Science & Engineering

Topic: Status of Women in Science and Engineering Background Resources: "To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in U.S. Science and Engineering" by the Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council. ISBN: 0-309-54715-6, 145 pages, 6 x 9, (2006) This PDF is available from the National Academies Press at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11624.html.

February 15

Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and Patents Hosted by TDC and Legal

Building 402 Auditorium
9:00am - 12:30pm

Open Forum with the Director

Building 203 Auditorium
9:30am

Life Inside Argonne and Beyond:

Questions or suggestions regarding work-life balance at Argonne

Questions or suggestions regarding transition out of the postdoc stage

March 21

LDRD proposal process

Building 203 Auditorium

Lunch will begin serving at 11:40
Presentations will begin at noon

Elton Kaufman,
David Tiede

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Elton Kaufmann will briefly describe the overall LDRD Program and proposal submission process followed by David Tiede who will provide an outline and lead a discussion on strategies for LDRD proposals from the point of view of the Director's Review Committee for Director's Competitive Grants” Elton Kaufmann, Associate Chief Scientist for LDRD David Tiede, Senior Chemist and Group Leader, CSE

Building 203 Auditorium

Lunch provided, serving at 11:45

Commitment to Safety Innovation-Special Postdoc Unit (CSI-SPU)

Postdoctoral Society of Argonne General Assembly Meeting

Speakers to be announced.

The PSA will give a brief overview of their activities. CSI-SPU presentations and safety discussion to follow.

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

May 14

Director’s Reception

Argonne Guest House
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Welcome Remarks by Dr. Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences (CLS)

Address from the Postdoctoral Society of Argonne (PSA) by Milind Malshe (CSE), PSA Liaison Officer

June 6

Grant Writing

Room: Building 362 Auditorium
Tentative Time: Lunch served at 11:30 am
Presentations and discussion from noon to 2:00 pm

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

Successful Grant Writing Techniques
Dr. Richard McGee, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Dr. Mike Pellin, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, PSE

Dr. Rao Kotamarthi, Atmospheric Scientist and Section Manager, Climate Research Section, EVS

July
(Tentative)

CV/Resume Writing and Interviewing Skills

TBA

August
(Tentative)

CSI-SPU

TBD

September 20-21

Symposium and Career Fair

N/A

October 17

Journal Club

Jennifer Steebs (CSE)

November
(Tentative)

CSI-SPU

TBD

December
(Tentative)

Journal Club/Holiday Lunch

Subashish Mohanty (NE)