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Postdoc Discovers Life Outside of Work

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Argonne Today

By Shaolin “Allen” Liao (NE), Electrical Engineer Being a postdoctoral scientist at Argonne goes far beyond Research and Development (R&D). It can mean a colorful life with peer postdocs as well. Argonne has 300 or so postdocs from various disciplines: … Read More »

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Career Corner: Mid-West Postdoctoral Forum (MWPDF)

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Argonne Today

By Diego Fazi (CSE), Solar Conversion Group Collaboration and new ideas come in many forms. Diego Fazi recently attended the 2013 National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) conference in Charlotte, South Carolina, when such an opportunity presented itself. While at the conference he … Read More »

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X-ray vortices and optical science

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Argonne Today

Postdoctoral Researcher Antonio Picón (XSD), from the Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics group led by Stephen. H. Southworth, recently published his research in Physical Review Letters. The paper “Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Vortices from High-Order Harmonic Generation” published in Phys. … Read More »

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Flynn receives Certificate of Merit

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Argonne Today

Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow Theodore Flynn (BIO) from Argonne’s Molecular Environmental Science Group was recently awarded a “Certificate of Merit” from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry. The certificate was in recognition of Flynn’s presentation “Geochemical Explanation for … Read More »

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Heo receives IBPSA Award

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Argonne Today

Postdoctoral researcher Yeonsook Heo (DIS) was recently awarded the 2013 IBPSA Outstanding Young Contributor award. The award recognizes an individual at the beginning of their career who has demonstrated potential for significant contributions to the field of building simulation. The … Read More »

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Postdocs Build Community Through Skyway STEM Conference

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Argonne Today

For the second year in a row, the Illinois Collegiate Skyway Conference reached out to Argonne postdocs to be the exclusive judging team for their STEM Poster Competition. The Skyway Conference is a group of eight regional community colleges that … Read More »

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Alumni News: Aeraj ul Haque

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Argonne Today

Alumni News Catching up with Alumni Aeraj ul Haque Aeraj ul Haque was a postdoctoral researcher in the Energy Sciences Division and took part in the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge. Today Aeraj is working as a patent technical … Read More »

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Alumni News: Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Argonne Today

Alumni News Catching up with Alumni Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay was a postdoc at the Center for Nanoscale Materials and former Postdoctoral Society of Argonne president. Today he is working at Bruker Nano., Inc., a division of Bruker Corporation, a … Read More »

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Mission Possible — Environmental Science Division

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Argonne Today

Mission Possible is a new Postdoc Journal feature highlighting the vibrant diversity of mission-driven science across the laboratory. Postdocs at Argonne perform world-class research that seeks to address the grand challenges of energy, the environment, technology and national security. One striking … Read More »

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Notes from the PSA – June 2013

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Argonne Today

The Postdoctoral Society of Argonne closed out the first half of 2013 with the Annual Postdoctoral Reception hosted by the Office of the Director on May 13.  A speed networking/mentoring activity kicked off this year’s event. Postdocs and Argonne staff learned of … Read More »

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