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Spring 2024 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2024 Travel Award Recipients! The Postdoctoral Awards Committee and the OPDA have selected the following scholars for the Spring Travel (Professional Development) Award. The 8 awardees would attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Stephen Yuwono Chemistry and Biochemistry 63rd Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, Florida A. Eugene DePrince III, Advisor
Sungmin Jang Geography WSSA (World Social Science Association) Conference, San Antonio Mark Horner, Advisor
Olivia Cook Psychology Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting, Pasadena, CA Colleen Ganley, Advisor
Jeseok Bang National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ASC2024, Salt Lake City, Utah David Larbalestier, Advisor
Xiuming Sun Civil and Environmental Engineering Spatial-Stream-Network Model Training Workshop, Boise, Idaho Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Advisor
Dan Liu Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine 2024 Global NF Conference, Brussels, Belgium Yang Hou, Advisor
Leila Rahimi Civil and Environmental Engineering The World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2024, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Advisor
Seyedehshirin Kamalaldinezabadi Molecular Biophysics Gordon Research Conference on Three Dimentional Electron Microscopy, Spain Scott Stagg, Advisor

Fall 2023 5MR Competition Winners

Left to right: Stacey Patterson (VP for Research), Eunsaem Cho (Peoples Choice), Carolina Cawthon (1st Place), Olivia Cook (2nd Place), Chris Omni (2nd Place), Sara Kamanmalek (3rd Place), Debra Fadool (Director, OPDA).

On Thursday, September 21, 2023 the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs sponsored the annual 5MR competition as part of activities to mark the annual National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week (September 18 - 22). Eleven postdoctoral researchers from a variety of departments and colleges around FSU shared their research with their peers and a panel of judges.

Here are our winners:

Dr. Carolina Cawthon - 1st Place

Dr. Chris Omni - 2nd Place

Dr. Olivia Cook - 2nd Place

Dr. Sara Kamanmalek - 3rd Place

Dr. Eunsaem Cho - Peoples Choice Award

Congratulations to the 2023 5-Minute Research (5MR) Competition winners!


Fall 2023 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2023 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 9 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Yuxiang Li Biological Science, Program in Neuroscience SfN Neuroscience 2023, Washington, D.C. Jian Feng, Advisor
Sara Kamanmalek Civil and Environmental Engineering AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA Nasrin Alamdari, Advisor
Maicon Landim Vieira Biomedical Sciences European Muscle Conference, Florence, Italy Stephen Chelko, Advisor
Lydia Babcock-Adams National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Gordon Research Seminar and Conference, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH Amy McKenna, Advisor
Eun Saem Cho Civil and Environmental Engineering AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Advisor
Jusung Lee Chemistry and Biochemistry Advancing Mass Spectrometry for Biophysics and Structural Biology 2023, Austin, TX Christian Bleiholder, Advisor
Andrew McKay Flynn Philosophy New Orleans Workshop on Agency & Responsibility, New Orleans, LA Edward Hinchman, Advisor
Shannon Bayliss Geography Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon Stephanie Pau, Advisor
Janani Hamed Chemical and Biomedical Engineering ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, CA Rufina Alamo, Advisor

 

Spring 2023 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2023 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 2 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Lee-Sak An Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference , Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA Sungmoon Jung, Advisor
Thais Pedrete Chemisry and Biochemistry 71st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Houston TX/td> Christian Bleiholder, Advisor

2022 - Fifth Annual Five Minute Research (5MR) Competition 

Congratulations to the 2022 Five Minute Research (5MR) winners!  On Friday, September 23, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs sponsored the fifth annual 5MR competition in conjunction with the annual National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week September 19 - 23. Twelve postdoctoral researchers from a variety of departments and colleges around FSU shared their research with their peers and a panel of judges.

Dr. Jayasankar Chempampadam Balasubramannian - COAPS 
Dr. Havalend Steinmuller - Coastal and Marine Lab 
Dr. Mohammad Nooranidoost - Mathematics 
Dr. Shannon Bayliss - Geography 
Dr. Chandrasekhar Akondi - Physics 
Dr. Yuxiang Li - Neuroscience/Biology 
Dr. Luna Hiron - COAPS 
Dr. Dylan Rogers - Classics 
Dr. Soumik Bhattacharya - Physics 
Dr. Dinesh Ramesh - Engineering/Magnet Lab 
Dr. Xin Chen - Geography
Dr. Hye Jung Yun - Florida Center Prevention Research

Thanks go out to all family members, research colleagues, faculty mentors/advisors, and our community of judges that continually support our terrific postdoctoral researchers across campus and helped make the afternoon a success!


Fall 2022 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2022 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Hye Jung Yun Aeropropulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota William Oates, Advisor
Carolina Cawthon Psychology Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior Annual Meeting Porto, Portugal/td> Alan Spector, Advisor
Xin Tong Scientific Computing SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE22), Pittsburgh, PA Bryan Quaife, Advisor
Diana Lopez Biological Science Colacmar, Panama Dan Okamoto, Advisor
Moein Adnani Takantapeh Physics Gordon Research Conference on Unconventional Semiconductors and Their Applications, Ventura, CA Hanwei Gao, Advisor
Lindsey Biggs Psychology Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego, CA Elizabeth Hammock, Advisor
Manfred Kraus Physics 15th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics (TOP 2022), Durham, UK Fernando Cordero, Advisor

Spring 2022 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 4 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Sejin Kim Engineering 14th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Lubbock, TX Sungmoon Jung, Advisor
Mohammed Nooranidoost Mathematics APS March Meeting 2022,
Convention Center, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Nick Cogan, Advisor
Shannon Davidson School of Teacher Education Conference of the National Association of Research of Science Teaching (NARST), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Lama Jaber, Advisor
Hollie Daniels Education Leadership and Policy Studies Southern Sociological Society 2022 Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL Toby Park-Gagham, Advisor

5MR Winners

On Thursday, September 23, 2021, ten Postdoctoral Scholars showcased their research in 5 minutes! The ten finalists prepared for months, honing their research, and being able to present it in 5 minutes to a lay audience. This was the 4th annual 5MR that FSU Postdoctoral Scholars took part in to complete the National Postdoctoral Association week where Postdocs globally take part in a variety of events.  The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, FSU PDA (Postdoctoral Association), The Graduate School at FSU, and the University and Tallahassee communities congratulate the 2021 5MR winners listed below.


Summer 2021 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Summer 2021 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 5 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend global conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Derrick Vaughn (People's Choice -5MR), Beth Ann Williams,  Karl Smith,  Shannon Montgomery, Suraj Bajgain, and Dr. Debi Fadool, Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

 

Beth Ann Williams Religion American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX Joseph Hellweg, Advisor
Debipreeta Bhowmik Biomedical Sciences Cell Symposia: Biological Assemblies: Phase Transitions and More,
Seville, Spain
Fanxiu Zhu, Advisor
Karl Smith NHMFL American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference, Philadelphia, PA Chris Henrickson, Advisor
Shannon Montgomery Family and Child Sciences Ex4OSH International Conference 2021, Houston, TX Joseph Grzywacz, Advisor
Suraj Bajgain EOAS American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA Mainak Mookherjee, Advisor

FSU Postdoctoral Scholars Contributions

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Spring 2021 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2021 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored 2 Postdoctoral Scholars to attend virtual conferences to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Derrick Vaughn EOAS ASLO2021 Aquatic Science Meeting - Virtual Robert Spencer, Advisor
Li Sun Biomedical Sciences International Society for Extracellular Vesicles - Virtual David Meckes, Advisor

2020 - Five Minute Research (5MR) Competition - Third Annual

Congratulations to the 2020 Five Minute Research (5MR) winners!  On Friday, September 18, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs sponsored the third annual 5MR competition in conjunction with the annual National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week September 14 - 18. In comparison to previous years where the competition was held live, this year due to the COVID requirements, the competition was held virtually via Zoom Conference. Ten postdoctoral researchers from a variety of departments and colleges around FSU shared their research with their peers and a panel of judges. While all the presentations were creatively delivered and provided a wealth of information to the community, the judges and the audience had the tough job to highlight three top winner's and a People's Choice, who are listed below. This year, the judging was so tight, two first place winners were made, removing the 2nd place winner!   Much Congratulations to all!

1st Place: Drs. Vishnu Murali - Biomedical Engineering - "Saving the Smiles"
1st  Place: Dr. Jacob Caldwell - Biomedical Science - "A Look at the Impact of Exercise Training on Cardiac Function in Adiponectin Knockout Mice"
3rd  Place: Dr. Yana Bebieva - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute - "Wildfires: The Force Awakens"
People's Choice: Dr. Lili Hurioglu - Learning Systems Institute - "What is Happening in Math Classrooms?"

Thanks go out to all family members, research colleagues, faculty mentors/advisors, and our community of judges that continually support our terrific postdoctoral researchers across campus and helped make the afternoon a success!

Check our video archive for a posting of all recordings of the presenters that will be available soon!

A very special thank you to our FSU and TLH community of judges!

Mark Riley - Professor of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School
Stephen McDowell - Professor of Communication and Assistant Provost
Sally McRorie -  Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs
Karema Tymes Harris - President & CEO of Foreign Affairs, Inc.
Will Hill - Veterinarian and Director of the Lab Animal Resources
Gary Ostrander - Professor of Medicine and Vice-president for Research
Shonda Knight - Executive Director Leon County Sherriff's Office

 


Postdoctoral Undergraduate Research Mentor Award  

Congratulations to Lorenzo Ruffini for being nominated for the 2020 Postdoctoral Undergraduate Research Mentor Award 


Spring 2020 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2020 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Damaris Aschwanden Geriatrics European Conference of Personality, Madrid, Spain Antonio Terracciano Advisor
Alex Casella Mathematics In and Around Hyperpolic Geometry, El Barco de Avila, Spain Sam Ballas Advisor
Gema Hernan Biological Science Ocean Science Meeting, San Diego, CA Andrew Rassweiler Advisor
Lorenzo Ruffoni Mathematics Artin Groups, CAT (0) Geometry & Related Topics, CIRM (Luminy, France) Philip Bowers Advisor
Vincent Eze Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Materials Research Society, Phoenix, AZ Okenwa Okoli Advisor
Yana Bebieva Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, San Diego, CA Kevin Speer Advisor
Sarah Wieghold Chemistry & Biochemistry MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ Lea Nienhaus Advisor

2019 5 Minute Research Competition

5MR Winners Left to Right: Sherin Mozaffari, Yana Bebieva,
Derrick Vaughn, Katy Sparrow

Hands Down the Best Event!!!  The only two regulations presenters had (1) had to explain the impact of their research in 5 minutes and (2) had to do so alone (no teams). 
They were allowed to use ANY medium they wanted (slides, video, sing, dance, recite literature, props – anything) and it must appeal to an Educated Lay Audience, Reach Across their Discipline, and Challenge their Audience to Want to Know More!  Congratulations to this years winners.

1st Place: Shirin Mozaffari - Magnetic Laboratory "Pushing Towards Room Temperature Superconductivity"
2nd  Place: Yana Bebieva - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute "Deep Dive: What do Polar Oceans Conceal?"
3rd  Place (tie): Katy Sparrow - Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science "New Methods to Study the Vulnerability of Peatland Carbon to Climate Change (Karaoke)"
3rd  Place (tie): Derrick Vaughn - Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science "Blue Carbon in Northern Florida Wetlands - Implications for Climate Change Mitigation"
People's Choice: Katy Sparrow - Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science "New Methods to Study the Vulnerability of Peatland Carbon to Climate Change (Karaoke)"

2019 Poster Winners

Poster Winners Left to Right: Max Bangs, La Tasha Holden, Trina Merrick

Interdisciplinary: La Tasha Holden, Department of Psychology - Examining Grit and Mindset in Concurrent and Future Reading Comprehension: A Twin Study
Life Science: MR Bangs, Biological Science - Determining Species Placement of a New High-elevation Record for Mammals from Soil E-DNA
Physical Science: Trina Merrick, Geographt - Multi-scale Analysis of Photosynthetic Function of Tropical Forest Canopies from Tower, UAV, and Satellite Remote Sensing

 


Fall 2019 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2019 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 6 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Abhisek Basu EOAS American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019; San Francisco, CA Mainak Mookherjee Advisor
David Rose Philosophy Society for Philosophy & Psychology; San Diego, CA Al Mele Advisor
Francesca Bernardi Mathematics 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics; Seattle, WA Nicholas G. Cogan Advisor
Heather DuBois Religion American Academy of Religion; San Diego, CA John Kelsay Advisor
Hye Jin Hwang Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) International Literacy Association; New Orleans, LA Sonia Q. Cabell Advisor
Oleksandr Vlasiuk Matehmatics Joint Mathematics Meetings 2020; Denver, CO Alexander Reznikov Advisor

Postdoc Congratulations

Congratulations to Max Bangs, from Scott Steppan's lab. Max was the NEB prizewinner of the 6th Annual Postdoctoral Oral Presentation/Competition held Monday, April 8th. Max research focused on 'Determining Species Placement of a New High-Elevation Record for Mammals from Soil eDNA'. 

Congratulations also to Peter Cheetham, who was selected for the 2019 Postdoctoral Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Peter will be recognized at the Fall Postdoctoral Symposium in September. 

Congratulations to both of you!


Spring 2019 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2019 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 8 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.

Ashini Jaysinghe Chemistry & Biochemistry ACS National Meeting and Exposition; Orlando, FL Susan Latturner Advisor
Christopher Daly EOAS Coastal Sediments 2019 Conference; St. Petersburg Beach, FL Jaap Nienhuis Advisor
Fanny Caroline Liu Chemistry & Biochemistry ACS National Meeting and Exposition; Orlando, FL Alan Marshall Advisor
Jessica Carey-Webb Modern Languages and Linguistics Latin American Studies Association Conference; Boston, MA Juan Carlos Galeano Advisor
Katherine Harrington Classics Ismenion Hill Study Season; Thebes, Greece Daniel Pullen Advisor
Natalie Wildermann EOAS International Sea Turtle Symposium; Charleston, S.C. Mariana Fuentes Advisor
Shuying Yang EOAS 50th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference; The Woodlands, TX  Munir Humayun Advisor
Somayeh Mashayekhi Scientific Computing  2019 SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering; Spokane, WA Peter Beerli Advisor

Accomplishments - Achievements - Research

Postdocs, would you like help to disseminate your research, service, and mentoring achievements to a broader audience via the @FSUPostdocs Twitter account? If you have exciting new findings, just been published, received a grant or award, got hired for a new position, or have other accomplishments you would like to share for yourself or your mentees, please share them with us. Just send the content to be tweeted to Biological Science postdoc Matt Holding at mlholding@fsu.edu and it will be shared on @FSUPostdocs. Us the following guidelines to prepare your content. 

Send links to papers or websites, photos of the activity, or other material that isn't just text. Tweets get more traction if they contain content other than text alone.

Provide less than 280 characters of text for the tweet describing the activity. Include Twitter handles for your colleagues/collaborators where appropriate, if you know them, and any #hashtags to which the tweet can link. We can also retweet content you put out on your own Twitter account if you drop us a line with your Twitter handle and the specific tweet we should retweet.


5MR Research Competition

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New this year was a 5 Minute Research Competition – Hands Down the Best Event!!!  The only two regulations presenters had (1) had to explain the impact of their research in 5 minutes and (2) had to do so alone (no teams).  They were allowed to use ANY medium they wanted (slides, video, sing, dance, recite literature, props – anything) and it must appeal to an Educated Lay Audience, Reach Across their Discipline, and Challenge their Audience to Want to Know More!  Congratulations to the winners.

  • 1st Place ($1000) - Ashini Jayasinghe - Chemistry & Biochemistry "Exploring Stable Forms for Radioactive Waste Storage"
  •  2nd  Place ($750) - Shuying Yang - Magnet Laboratory "Degassing Germanium from Martian Volvanoes"
  •  People's Choice ($500) - Katy Sparrow - EOAS " Landfill: Emission Mission: Using Isotopes to Build a Better Landfill and Future"

Fall 2018 Postdoctoral Symposium Poster Competition

In celebration of the National Postdoctoral Awareness Week that is held in the third week of September, the Florida State University Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPDA) and Postdoctoral Association (PDA) hosted the sixth annual Fall Postdoctoral Poster Competition and Symposium. Scholars were judged and awarded for first place in 3 different divisions ($250 award checks to the top presenters) .  Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Interdisciplinary/Humanities.

We extend our congratulations to the following award winners!  -

  • Marta Sena-Velez (Biological Science) = 1st Place for Life Sciences.  'Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus ' Bacteriophage search and the Role of the Ompa Protein in Liberibacter Species
  • Francesca Bernardi (Mathematics) = 1st Place for Physical Sciences.  How Boundaries Shape Chemical Deliveries in Microfluidics
  • Trina L. Merrick (Geography) = 1st Place for Interdisciplinary Research.  Assessing Tropical Forest Functioning Using Multiscale Remote Sensing

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Congratulations to Natalie Wildermann, a postdoctoral scholar with Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric  Sciences (EOAS). Natalie recently conducted a study with other EOAS members, where they discovered that recreational fisheries pose a threat to skittish sea turtles. Her lead-authored article published in Oryx, details the impact of scallop fishing on sea turtles. You can read the complete article here.


Fall 2018 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2018 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 8 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.


Blake Jones Biological Science 27th International Ornithological Congress; Vancouver, B.C. Canada Emily DuVal Advisor
Jacqueline Sztepanacz Biological Science II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology - Montpellier 2018; Montpellier, France David Houle Advisor
Theodore Them EOAS Goldschmidt Conference; Boston, MA Jeremy Owens Advisor
Robert Wandell Chemical & Biomeical Engineering Gordon Research Conference; Smithfield, RI Bruce Locke Advisor
Jessica Maxwell Psychology Canadian Sex Research Forum; Toronto, Canada Jim McNulty Advisor
Annadanesh Shellikeri Electrical & Computer Engineering 14th Annual Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries; Arlington, VA Jim Zheng Advisor
Rebecca Falcasantos Religion Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting; Denver, CO Nicole Kelley Advisor
Chris Ashall Physics Massive Stars & Supernovae; Bariloche, Argentina Eric Hsiao Advisor

Biological Science/Neuroscience Postdoctoral Oral Competition Day

The Biological Science/Neuroscience Postdoctoral Oral Competition Day held on Monday, March 5, 2018 in the King Life Science Building was a huge success! Congratulations to Anil Matthew Thrappel, who was the winner of the $1,000 shopping spree sponsored by VWR lab supply. A huge thank you to VWR lab supply for sponsoring the event, and to the faculty judges. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard in preparing your presentations. Click here for a copy of the flyer that includes titles of all the presentations and participant.
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Spring 2018 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.


Kevin Huang Physics APS March Meeting 2018; Los Angeles, CA Ryan Baumbach Advisor
Marta Sena-Velez Biological Science International Conference of Plant Pathology (ICPP2018); Boston, MA Kathryn M. Jones Advisor
Nirupam Karmaker EOAS 3rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology; Ponte Verde, FL T N Krishnamurti Advisor
Olena Burkovska Scientific Computing MoRePaS 2018 Conference (Model Reduction of Parametrized Systems IV); Nantes, France Max Gunzburger Advisor
Poh Wee Koh Psychology Association for Reading and Writing in Asia Conference; Tsukuba, Japan Richard K. Wagner Advisor
Qiong Liu Mechanical Engineering US-Japan Workshop on Bridging Fluid Mechanics and Data Science; Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan Kunihiko Taira Advisor
Xiaoyu Wang Biomedical Sciences Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting; San Diego, CA Yuan Wang Advisor

Fall 2017 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2017 Travel Award Recipients! The OPDA sponsored the travel of 6 Postdoctoral Scholars across the globe to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields. 


Kristin Austin Psychology Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies 51st Annual Convention; San Diego, CA Michael Kofler, Advisor
Katherine Dale School of Communication National Communication Association Annual Conference; Dallas, TX Arthur Raney, Advisor
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolution Ecological Society of America Meeting; Portland, OR Thomas Miller, Advisor
Nikhil Gupta Mechanical Engineering IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots & Systems; Vancouver, Canada Emmanuel Collins, Advisor
Anais Nony Modern Languages and Linguistics 2nd International Conference on Deleuze and Artistic Research; Ghent, Belgium Aimee Boutin, Advisor
Fei Wu Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Goldschmidt Conference; Paris, France Jeremy Owens, Advisor

AIA Grant Award

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Craft, a teaching postdoctoral fellow from the Department of Classics. Dr. Craft was recently awarded a Julie Herzig Desnick Grant for her project in the Timok Region of Zajecar Province, Serbia, from the Archaeological Institute of America. The Julie Herzig Desnick Grant Committee was impressed by the comprehensive description Dr. Craft provided for her project, the research design, and its potential significance for archaeology. Dr. Craft's advisor and major professor in the Department of Classics is Dr. Daniel Pullen, Professor and Chairman. Congratulations Dr. Craft!

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Dr. Sarah Craft displaying her project at the 2016 Fall OPDA Symposium.  


Biological Science/Neuroscience Postdoctoral Oral Competition Day

The Biological Science/Neuroscience Postdoctoral Oral Competition Day held on Monday March 6, 2017 in the King Life Science Building event was a huge success! Congratulations to Dale Bosco (Ren Lab). Dale was the winner of the $500 shopping spree sponsored by VWR lab supply. Dale presented on roles in spinal cord injury. Below are photos from the event. "Click Here" for a flyer of all the presentations and participants.

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Spring 2017 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2017 Travel Award Recipients!  The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars across the country to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.


Allyson Gonzalez Religion Research & International Cinema and Literature in the 21st Cenury; Madrid, Spain Aline Kalbian, Advisor
Anne Kellerman Education ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting; Honolulu, HI Robert Spencer, Advisor
Erminia Fardone Nuclear Physics A Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) Conference; Bonita Springs, FL Debi Fadool, Advisor
Florina Erbeli Florida Center for Reading, Psychology Scientific Studies of Reading Annual Meeting; Nova Scotia, Canada Jeanette Taylor, Advisor
Lindley Graham Scientific Computing SIAM CSE17- Computational Science Engineering; Atlanta, GA Max Gunzburger, Advisor
Martina Luchetti Behavioral Science & Social Medicine Association for Research in Personality Conference; Sacramento, CA Angelina Sutin, Advisor
Shirpa Gupta Chemistry and Biochemistry American Chemical Society; San Francisco, CA Jack Saltiel, Advisor

Spring 2016 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Spring 2016 Travel Award Recipients!  The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars across the country to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.


Alina Adrasi Chemistry of Semiconductors American Chemical Society National Meeting; San Diego, CA Michael Shatruk, Advisor
Rebecca Brower Education American Education Research Association; Washington, DC Tamara B. Jones, Advisor
Audrey Grockowiak Nuclear Physics Stewardship Science Academic Programs; Bethesda, MD Stanley Tozer, Advisor
Mathew Johnson Biophysics/Structural Biology NCMI Cyro-EM 3D Image Analysis Symposium; Lake Tahoe, CA Elizabeth Stroupe, Advisor
Bernhard Mayer Planetary Science Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; Houston, TX Munir Humayun, Advisor
Mark Rider Biomedical Science Cold Spring Harbor Workshop, Cold Spring Harbor, NY David Meckes, Advisor
Laura Santonja Thermal Analysis & Biomedical Engineering International Confederation of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry; Orlando, FL Rufina G. Alamo, Advisor
Zhenzhong Shi Physics American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD

Dragana Popovic, Advisor

 

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Fall 2016 Travel Award Recipients

Congratulations to our Fall 2016 Travel Award Recipients!  The OPDA sponsored the travel of 7 Postdoctoral Scholars across the country to gain professional development while disseminating their research findings and representing FSU in a variety of fields.


Trelani Chapman Florida Center for Reading Society for the Scientific Study of Reading; Portugal Chris Lonigan, Advisor
Sarah Craft Classics Archaelogical Institute of American Annual Meeting; Toronto, Canada Daniell Pullen, Advisor
Lida Ghazanfari Biological Science/Biphysics

Micro and Nanotechnologies for Medicine Workshop; Boston, MA

Steve Lenhert, Advisor
Christain Reusche Physics LoopFest Conference; Buffalo, NY and Multi Boson Interactions; Madison, WI Laura Reina, Advisor
Aditya Rotti Physics Cosmic Microwave Background S4 Workshop; Chicago, IL Kevin Huffenberger, Advisor
Mingchao Wang Mechanical Engineering Materials Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibit; Boston, MA Shangchao Lin, Advisor

Fall 2016 Postdoctoral Symposium Poster Competition

As part of the Fall Postdoctoral Symposium and National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, scholars were judged in 3 different divisions ($100 award checks to the top presenters) including a People's Choice Award. We extend our congratulations to the following award winners! (left to right) -

  • Payal Ghoshi = 1st Place for Life Sciences.  "Potential Effects of Deep Space Radiation on Vascular Function and Impact onAstronant Health"
  • Tiglet Besara = 1st Place for Physical Sciences.  "Hardest Known Biocompatible Intermetallic Compounds:  B-Ti3AU"
  • Katherine Dale = 1st Place for Interdisciplinary Research.  "Mapping the Anatomy of Inspiration:  Identifying and Analyzing Elicitors of Self-transcendent Emotions in Media"
  • Veronique Richard = People's Choice Award. "Effects of a Creativity Supportive Environment on Divergent Thinking and Performance in Athletics" PosterWinners2016.jpg