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FALL 2022

Shaping the Future David Cinalli, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. He focuses on developing metrics to track the impact of the neuroscience community engagement programs; reporting on the successful operations; and establishing teacher training programs and educational content available to science teachers around the world. Additionally, Cinalli is charged with leading a team of postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students in delivering hands-on activities and neuroscience education lessons to area middle school students. READ MORE.

Helping Hospitals through AI Debarshi Datta, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, was recently presented at the 33rd Sigma International Nursing Research Congress in Scotland. Datta spoke about finding the COVID-19-related severity of respiratory illness and decision-making for hospital admission with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). His research aims to identify pre-existing health conditions that are associated with patient outcomes and associated costs.

Postdoc Appreciation Week Daniel Flynn, Ph.D., vice president for Research, and Karin Scarpinato, Ph.D., senior associate vice president for Research, recently met with postdoctoral fellows and their mentors to acknowledge Postdoc Appreciation week The group also discussed advice on grant writing and navigating the academic search process.

Inviting International Postdocs If you're looking to invite an international postdoctoral fellow to an appointment at Florida Atlantic, connect with Izabela Iem, associate director for the Office of FAU's Global Academic Services (GAS), to guide you through the process. FAU must comply with federal regulations regarding the employment of foreign nationals (non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents). It is important to ensure that each foreign national employed or on academic appointment at FAU, either paid or unpaid, has an immigration status that permits the affiliation or has been granted appropriate permission by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  For more information, visit GAS website.

Postdoc-Mentor Relationships 10:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., Dec. 9, EE96, Boca Raton Register here SAVE THE DATE: 2023 Postdoc Retreat Jan. 27, Jupiter Campus

National Postdoctoral Association | Becoming a Resilient Scientist Watch previous recordings here.

To submit a name to be featured for our Postdoc Spotlight, email postdocaffairs@fau.edu.