NMSU Postdoc Association

The New Mexico State University Postdoc Association (PDA) originated by Postdocs for Postdocs. The PDA hosts professional development and social opportunities for Postdoctoral Researchers and their supervisors. Browse this site to meet our Postdocs, learn about our events, and to check out additional resources. Contact Maryanne Long (long2@nmsu.edu), Postdoc Representative, for questions about our website. 

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Upcoming Events

The NMSU Postdoc Association is hosting a New Mexico Postdoc Symposium on Friday, September 20, 2024 on the NMSU main campus in Las Cruces, NM at the Corbett Center. It is currently being sponsored through generous donations from our sponsors: NMSU's Office of the Vice President for Research, Creativity and Economic Development, the Innovative Media Research and Extension Department,  the Southwest Outreach Academic Research (SOAR) Evaluation and Policy Center, and the Colleges of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and Health, Education & Social Transformation (HEST). The symposium is open to all postdocs, doctoral students, and mentors across New Mexico and El Paso. There will be several opportunities to network and engage in professional development as well as a catered lunch.  
If you are a visitor to NMSU and will attend the symposium, you can obtain a free 1-day parking permit. For more information visit: https://park.nmsu.edu/permits-placards/visitor.html
Check in and registration begins at 8 am, sessions start at 9 am.
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Meet our Key Note Speaker 
Dr. Matheus Cezarotto is an Assistant Professor and Extension Educational Technology Specialist at New Mexico State University’s Innovative Media Research and Extension Department. Dr. Cezarotto coordinates the Learning Games Lab, providing inclusive design expertise for the team’s educational technology products, which include learning games, animations, and virtual labs. His research focuses on educational media design and accessibility, investigating and developing effective research-based learning technology tools. Prior to joining the faculty, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher for three years.
REGISTRATION ENDED AUGUST 31.  
Contact Maryanne Long via long2@nmsu.edu with any questions or concerns. 

2024 National Postdoc Appreciation Week

September 16-20

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 read the PDA's NPAW newsletter here

From the Desert to Mountains: Launching Your Academic Career

Date: Tuesday, September 17
Time: Noon - 1:00pm
Location: Zoom

https://utah.zoom.us/j/93067761706

Meeting ID: 930 6776 1706

Celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) at the inaugural event from the Intermountain West Postdoc Alliance, titled “From Mountains to Desert: Launching Your Academic Career.” 

Learn of academic job types, application strategies, interview tips and negotiation tactics. Benefit from the expertise of current and former associate deans and postdocs from New Mexico State University, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Utah as they share best practices for faculty interviews. Gain advice from an emerging postdoc who recently secured a faculty role and navigate the landscape of academic employment for your future success. 

Panelists include:

  • Isabel Moreira, University Distinguished Professor in History, University of Utah
  • Michèle Shuster, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University
  • Richard Ortiz, Assistant Professor in Neuroscience and Behavior in the Psychology Department at Northern Illinois University (former postdoc at New Mexico State University)
  • Michael Gooseff, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder 

The Intermountain West Postdoc Alliance is comprised of the NMSU PDA and the postdoc support offices at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Utah.

Faculty Fellow

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Abdessattar Abdelkefi
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NMSU Postdocs

Meet some of our current and former postdocs!

 

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Maryanne Long

PDA Representative

Department: SOAR Evaluation and Policy Center

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Boren

 

 

Ruth Torres Castillo

PDA Representative

Department: Innovative Media Research and Extension

Supervisor: Barbara Chamberlin

 

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Reza Eslami

Department: New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

Supervisor: Alexander G. Fernald

Silvia Salinas, PhD 

Silvia Salinas Lopez

Department: Public Health Sciences

Supervisor: Rebecca Palacios

Md Shariful Islam

Md Shariful Islam

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Supervisor: Dr. Erik Yukl

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Arvind Kumar

Department: Mathematical Sciences

Supervisor: Louiza Fouli

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Chatura Kuruppu

Department: Physics

Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Pate-Morales

Abu Saleh Md Tayeen 

Abu Saleh Md Tayeen

Department: Computer Science

Supervisor: Dr. Satyajayant Misra

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Hui Yang

Department: Plant & Environmental Sciences

Supervisor: Manoj Shukla

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Mohammed Omer

Department: Extension Plant Sciences

Supervisor: Dr. John Idowu

Charles Miller 

Charles Miller

Department: Astronomy

Supervisor: Jason Jackiewicz

Yang Hu

Yang Hu

Department: Mathematical Sciences

Supervisor: Prasit Bhattacharya

Pramod Acharya 

Pramod Acharya

Department: Agricultural Experimentation Station (Clovis)

Supervisor: Rajan Ghimire

Himali Delanka-Pedige

 Himali Delanka-Pedige 

Department: Civil engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Pei Xu

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Jingyu Dai

Department: Plant and Environmental Sciences

Supervisor: Niall Hanan

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Guru Yadahalli

Department: Plant and Environment Science

Supervisor: Dr Sangu Angadi

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Department: Jornada Experimental Range

Supervisor: Brandon Bestelmeyer

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Cynthia Wise

Department: Borderlands & Ethnic Studies

Supervisor: Dulcinea Lara

 

 

Past Events

The PDA hosted a Meet and Greet with our Faculty Fellow on Monday, April 29 at 3:30 pm in O’Donnell Hall room 301. Richard Ortiz and Maryanne Long shared their experiences from attending the National Postdoc Association conference.

On Wednesday, March 27,  Drs. Barbara Chamberlin and Matheus Cezarotto from the Department of Innovative Media Research & Extension offered a Zoom workshop, “Creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP).” Watch the recording here.


Thank you to the postdocs who participated in the 3 Minute Lightning Talks during the February 2024 Research and Creativity Week. Review the full program here and congratulations to the winners:
First Place Winner William Bahureksa, Presentation Title: From A to PFAS: Forever Chemicals Around Us
 
Second Place Winner Kimberly Cervantes, Presentation Title: Nuts About Microbes: Investigating the Pecan Microbiome
 
Third Place Winner Jessica Martin, Presentation Title: Studies of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in its Endemic, Transition, and Outbreak Regions in Mexico

More Resources

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