About

History

The "New York Postdocs" idea was born at the Houston airport in spring 2009. Sitting in a restaurant Laura, Aime and Joerg were still thrilled by the National Postdoc Association meeting in Texas and discussed the postdoctoral needs and the lack of information transfer between the New York institutions and their postdoctoral communities.

This had to change.

As a result you are reading these lines.

The www.NewYorkPostdocs.com web site has been generated and moderated by the founder Joerg Schlatterer.

Mission

The mission of the NewYorkPostdocs.com project is to provide an online information platform for individuals who i) work as postdoctoral researchers , ii) are interested in working as postdoctoral researchers, or iii) move on from a postdoctoral position in the New York City area.

The reader will be informed about

· institutions that employ and/or support postdoctoral researchers,

· applicable city-wide activities and networking opportunities, and

· critical topics for trainee development

The web site serves also as data collection hub for relevant benchmark studies.

Leadership

President (Founder) (from 2009): Joerg Schlatterer, PhD

Vice President Outreach & Secretary: Wei Tan, PhD

Vice President Postdoctoral Policy Analysis: vacant

Vice President IT & Events (from Sep 2013): Marissa Blank, PhD

Advisory Board (from Sep 2013):

Alessia Deglincerti, PhD

Nicole McKnight, PhD

Adrian Santos, PhD

Eric Sweet, PhD

Katie Stiles, PhD

Alumni

Alexandria Wise, PhD (Sep 2013 - Feb 2014, VP Outreach and Secretary)

Rory Flinn, PhD (Sep 2013 - Mar 2014, VP Postdoctoral Policy Analysis)

Project Supporters:

Current:

Keith Micoli (NYU Medical Center)

Theresa Scarabino (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

Past:

Laura Norwood Toro (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Ellen Yang (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Aimee Franco (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Kathryn Espiritu (Columbia University)

Lily Bao Secora (Columbia University)

Eugene Martin (Rockefeller University)

Robert Tillman (New York Academy of Sciences)

Monica Kerr (New York Academy of Sciences)

Lynda Pierini (Weill Cornell)