Monthly Archives: April 2013

Postdoc receives an R&D 100 Award

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

Postdoc Ozgenur Kahvecioglu Feridun (ES) was part of a team that recently won a 2012 R&D 100 Award for a novel ultra-fast and large scale boriding technique. Boriding is a thermo-chemical surface hardening process in which boron atoms are diffused … Read More »

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Guest Column: Ask the Academic

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

Tim Marin is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics at Benedictine University in Lisle. For nine years, he has worked as an academic. Navigating these waters, he has accumulated a wealth of experience and … Read More »

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Safety Impacts Your Career with Dow Chemical

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

One question that occasionally resurfaces from postdocs is, “Will my safety training benefit me after my time at Argonne?” That’s a great question and fortunately, one with a great answer. In the wake of several fatal laboratory incidents, university leaders … Read More »

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Safety Impacts Your Career: Nancy VanWermeskerken

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

Argonne has recently begun a new program in safety known as the Observation Conversation. This is a technique where a supervisor and a staff person hold regular, informal conversations. These conversations should not center solely on the supervisor pointing out … Read More »

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Safety Impacts Your Career with Walter Henne

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

When a postdoc applies for a position, safety experience might not end up in the curriculum vitae he or she submits, but it should. It likely will help land them the job. How is this possible? It all stems from … Read More »

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Safety Impacts Your Career with Leon Reed

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

A safety culture doesn’t just happen:  it takes time to cultivate and grow. One of the dedicated “safety agronomists” at the laboratory is Leon T. Reed. He has worked at Argonne for more than 20 years in a variety of … Read More »

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Career Corner: Yuki Hamada

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

Yuki Hamada (EVS), a second-year postdoc at Argonne and a geospatial scientist, recently initiated the Manuscript Development and Review Group (MDRG) in the Environmental Science (EVS) Division. The aim of this innovative group is to create an encouraging environment for … Read More »

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Career Corner with Maxim Nikiforov

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

After the 2011 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting Maxim Nikiforov, a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), was speaking with his mentor Daniel Lopez (CNM). He talked about the new ideas, which had arisen after … Read More »

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Career Corner with Sarah O’Brien

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

Postdoctoral researcher Sarah O’Brien recently was awarded a highly competitive Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) grant. This prestigious award is part of a program authorized by the Department of Energy (DOE) that allows national laboratories to invest in cutting-edge exploratory … Read More »

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Mentoring matters

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Argonne Today

by Tina Henne (CEPA), Postdoctoral Coordinator and Giselle Sandi-Tapia (CSE), Chemist This article has been re-posted from the Minority Postdoc Blog. It can be found here. When Giselle Sandi-Tapia stepped off the bus for her first day of undergraduate schooling … Read More »

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