Postdoctoral Appreciation Week

About the Postdoc Appreciation Week Symposium

In the past, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has hosted the Postdoctoral Appreciation Week symposium during the week. The 2026 UT System symposium will take place on the UT Austin campus the week before National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week and we will be joined by colleagues from the entire UT System. Plan to join us and find out more details on the UT System Symposium page.

The 2025 Postdoc Appreciation Week symposium was held at The University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday, September 17 and included several speakers, workshops, an interactive poster session, awards and a reception to conclude the day.

The symposium featured two keynote speakers, Dr. Mohit Tiwari and Janice Omadeke. 

Dr. Mohit Tiwari is an Associate Professor and holds the Raytheon Company Faculty Fellowship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UT Austin. He is also co-founder and CEO of Symmetry Systems. Symmetry provides a cutting-edge data+AI security platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises and was spun out of Spark Lab at UT Austin.

Janice Omadeke is the exited CEO and founder of The Mentor Method, an enterprise software designed to drive transformative change within company cultures through the power of mentorship. She is the author of "Mentorship Unlocked: The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success."

Postdocs had the opportunity to attend a workshop by the Office of Career and Life Design and participate in speaker panels with hiring managers and former UT postdocs. 

Postdocs presented their research during a poster session, and several winners were announced before the reception. Judges chose two first-place winners to receive $300 and two second-place winners to receive $200. There were two audience choice awards that received a gift bag from the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.