Resources for Postdocs

Overview

• Community-sourced onboarding guide 
• Penn State Postdoctoral Society (PSPS)
• Physics Postdoc Slack Channel (contact a Postdoc Professional Development Committee member for access)
• Physics Department Community Meetings
  • Wednesdays 12:20-1:10pm
  • Check the weekly newsletter for more information
• Physics & Astronomy for Women+ (PAW+)
• General resources
• Postdoctoral Professional Development Committee (contact with questions and feedback):
  • Stephane Coutu (chair), sxc56@psu.edu
  • Jacob Bourjaily, bourjaily@psu.edu 
  • Saurav Islam, ski5160@psu.edu 
  • Fei Teng, fei.teng@psu.edu 
  • Marco Muzio, msm6428@psu.edu 
• Office of Postdoctoral Affairs 

Professional Development

• Internal Application Reviews:
  • The following faculty members have volunteered to review job application materials (including CVs, research statements, etc) for postdocs. Reach out to them via email to get started. 
    • Jacob Bourjaily, bourjaily@psu.edu 
    • Stephane Coutu, sxc56@psu.edu 
    • Eric Hudson, ewh10@psu.edu
    • Nathan Keim, keim@psu.edu
    • Paul Lammert, lammert@psu.edu 
    • Irina Mocioiu, ium4@psu.edu
    • Sarah Shandera, ses47@psu.edu
  • PSPS events
    • Writing group
    • Professional headshots
    • Many other events announced through the PSPS listserv and homepage (https://postdoc.psu.edu/)

Outreach & Mentorship Opportunities

• CalBridge
• PAW+ Mentoring
• PAW+ Outreach
• Astronomy on Tap State College

Social Events

• Check the postdoc slack/listserv for upcoming events!
• PSPS Hikes
• PSPS Coffee Hour