The Board on Higher Education and Workforce will host an open session featuring members of the New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program, which engages mid-career scientists, engineers, and health professionals to expand the diversity of expertise engaged in the National Academies’ work. The session will focus on the experience of graduate students while in school and how their mentors and institutions can successfully foster their professional development. Panelists will draw from their academic experiences in U.S. and international institutions as well as their professional interactions with graduate students and postdocs. This is one of two conversations with New Voices members intended to provide deeper insight into current hurdles that graduate students and postdocs face to prepare for and land into their own successful careers.

Speakers:

Moderator:

• Dr. Mahdieh Aghazadeh, Principal Process Engineer, Johnson and Johnson

Panelists:

• Dr. Mitul Luhar, Associate Professor and Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair, University of Southern California
• Dr. Michael Martin, Staff Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Dr. Eri Saikawa, Professor and Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Emory University