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Beyond the Ph.D.
BECOMING A POSTDOC
Have you ever wondered what it means to be a postdoc? Are you working on your doctoral degree and uncertain about your next career step?
Join us as we explore these questions and more during a special two-hour event designed just for you as you approach this crossroad in your professional journey.
This event offers you an opportunity to hear from and engage with a panel of current postdocs from various disciplines and backgrounds who will provide first-hand accounts of their paths and share what life is like as a postdoc today.
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KEYNOTE
Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D.,
Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and current Postdoc mentor
PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A
with current FAU Postdocs
![Anant Jain, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/anant-jain.jpg)
Anant Jain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biology Fly Lab
College of Science
![Iris Segura-Garcia, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/iris-segura-garcia-2.jpg)
Iris Segura-Garcia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Integrative Marine and Coastal Ecology
HBOI/Honors College
![Jillian Neeley, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/jillian-neeley.jpg)
Jillian Neeley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Astrophysics
College of Science
![Felix Mayer, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/felix-mayer.jpg)
Felix Mayer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Brain Institute
![Lisa Nyman, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/lisa-nyman.jpg)
Lisa Nyman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biophysical Oceanography, Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
![Abdiel Laureano-Rosario, Ph.D.](/research-admin/postdoc-affairs/images/people/adbiel-laureano-roasrio.jpg)
Abdiel Laureano-Rosario, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Coastal Center for Human Health
HBOI