Postdoctoral Symposium
Date: September 17, 2025
Location: Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs holds the Postdoctoral Appreciation Week Symposium to showcase postdoctoral research and offer postdocs access to resources, networking opportunities and more.
National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week is recognized annually on the third week in September, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs held their annual symposium on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
About the symposium
The 2025 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.
2025 Event Schedule
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Check-in and registration | ||
| 9-9:30 a.m. | Welcome and opening remarks | ||
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Keynote speaker | ||
| 10:30 a.m.-Noon | Workshop | ||
| Noon-1:15 p.m. | Lunch and Keynote Speaker | ||
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Poster session | ||
| 2:15-4:15 p.m. | Panels | ||
| 4:15-4:30 p.m. | Poster awards and closing remarks | ||
| 4:30-6:30 p.m. | Reception | ||
2025 Poster Session Award Winners
Natalie Nawarawong
First place winner
Binge alcohol-induced changes in dorsal dentate gyrus activity during contextual and cued fear recall
College of Pharmacy
