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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 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.
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2025 Postdoctoral Symposium Awards Postdocs for Research

Oct. 1, 2025
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs held its annual Postdoctoral Appreciation Week Symposium to showcase postdoctoral research and offer postdocs access to resources, networking opportunities and more.
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Celebrating 2025 National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Sept. 16, 2025
This week we celebrate the important contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to research and discovery, scholarship, creative endeavors and education as part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
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Pushing the Boundaries of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Sept. 16, 2025
Dhruv Apte’s research journey spans continents, fluid phases, and climate systems. A Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Apte brings a multidisciplinary background in aerospace engineering, scientific machine learning, and earth system modeling.
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The Peter O’Donnell Jr. Postdoctoral Research Fellows: 2025-2026

Sept. 3, 2025
The O’Donnell Fellowship Program was established in 2001 and supports recent Ph.D. graduates in fields such as computer science, material science, mathematics, physics, and engineering disciplines to engage in interdisciplinary research with world-renowned Oden Institute faculty at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for August

Aug. 20, 2025
Announcing the UT Austin Postdoctoral Association (UTPDA), the annual Postdoc Appreciation Week Symposium, visit our LinkedIn and more.
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Postdoc Research: New Sensor Knows When You Need a Drink

July 14, 2025
Though dehydration can range from inconvenient to life-threatening, it’s tough to track. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin are working to change that with the invention of a new non-invasive, wearable sensor designed to measure a user’s hydration levels continuously, in real time.