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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for April

April 1, 2026
Using Improv to Improve Your Pitch, Early Career Scholars Program applications open, announcing the first Travel Grant winners, and more.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for March

Feb. 26, 2026
Viva Travel Grant, Empower Your Pitch registration opens, Texas Symposium on Machine Learning, Responsible AI & Robotics, and more.
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Postdoc Research: A Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life

Feb. 17, 2026
One of our microbial ancestors was part of a group called the Asgard archaea, which today live primarily in the deep sea and other oxygen-free spaces. But according to the new study, some Asgards use, or at least tolerate oxygen.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for February

Feb. 6, 2026
Future-Proofing Your Career Workshop, Texas Social Work at research conference, UT Postdoctoral Association sponsors postdocs at Texas Women's basketball game and more.
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Think Like a Scholar: Postdoc Bridges Public Health and Data Science to Address Pediatric Asthma

Dec. 16, 2025
A former respiratory therapist, postdoctoral fellow Khamron Micheals employs statistical modeling and artificial intelligence tools to help predict and identify children at higher risk for lung diseases.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for December

Dec. 16, 2025
Dr. Vidhika Damani Selected as a Rising Star 2025 Speaker, Second Annual UT Austin NPAW Research Symposium, UT Postdoctoral Association End of Semester Celebration and more.
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Postdoc Jianing Zhu Receives 2025 TrustAI Rising Star Award

Dec. 12, 2025
The TrustAI Rising Star Award was established to honor early-career researchers (senior Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows) who have made significant contributions to the trustworthiness, security, and responsible use of large language models.
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Postdoc Research: Scientists Map Mars’ Large River Drainage Systems for First Time

Dec. 1, 2025
On Earth, the areas around large river systems are among the most ecologically diverse regions on the planet. Researchers think that similar systems on Mars could have been potential cradles for life when the water was flowing.
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Postdoc Research: A Gem of a Battery Breakthrough

Oct. 27, 2025
A pair of ceramic materials could unlock the potential of safer, longer-lasting solid-state batteries.
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Inelegant Solutions for a Messy World

Oct. 21, 2025
Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow Christina Taylor's academic journey began in the landlocked northern and central plain states, but that didn’t prevent her from developing an interest in storm surge modeling - specifically the complex task of computing the wet-dry interface of flooding events.