Postdoc Orientation – May 2019
Welcome to our May new postdocs at Berkeley Lab! Download presentation.
Laurie Stephey – Computing Sciences
Ngoc Bui, Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani Words Laurie Lives By: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” ~ Mark Twain Laurie’s journey to Berkeley Lab Laurie grew up in the sunshine state of Florida. She earned her Bachelor degree in Physics at Rollins College in …
BLPA at National Postdoc Annual Conference
Our BLPA representatives together with the LBNL Postdoc Manager have an amazing opportunity to participate in the National Postdoc Association Annual Conference in Orlando. The NPA Conference is the largest national conference and networking event dedicated to the postdoctoral community. This year the conference gathered about 500 postdoctoral scholars and …
Hike Mount Diablo
On Sunday April 7th, 19 Berkeley lab postdocs went on a hiking trip to Mount Diablo State park, about an hour away from Berkely. Hiking up from Junction Ranger Station to the summit of Mount Diablo, we were treated to beautiful views of the green hills, blooming flowers and grazing …
LINC Launch March 27th
Thank you all for giving our newest program LINC, Lab-Industry Networking Connection, such a warm welcome last Wednesday March 27th! We had a great afternoon where five industry leaders joined us to discuss about their science and career paths. Our distinguished panelists had very diverse backgrounds and shared with us …
Postdoc Orientation – April 2019
Welcome to our April new postdocs at Berkeley Lab! Download presentation.
Christin Buechner – Energy Sciences Area
Ngoc Bui, Fadji Maina and Sneha Jani Words Christin Lives By: “No blame, No guilt, No excuses!” ~ Jean-luc Doumont Christin’s journey to Berkeley Lab Yearning to continuously explore fundamental science, Christin joined Berkeley Lab as a Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow in January 2018, after earning a PhD in fundamental surface …
Escape room
On Saturday, March 30, BLPA went to the Madame Tussauds Escape Room in San Francisco. The two groups successfully escaped in less than the regular time! We had a lot of fun and we hope to do it again. Thank everyone for coming!
LINC launch
We are thrilled to announce the launch of BLPA’s latest initiative for advancing postdoc careers: the Lab-Industry Networking Connection, a platform designed to introduce postdocs to careers beyond academia, and importantly, facilitate networking with industry partners. Postdocs possess invaluable skills that can be used in several sectors, which is why …
Laurel Wright, Ph.D
Scientist, Zymergen Laurel Wright is a Scientist in the Data Science group at Zymergen in Emeryville, where she builds statistical and AI tools that support Zymergen’s high-throughput screening platform. Since joining Zymergen in 2016, Laurel has worked has a technical and business scoping lead for several client projects, and as …