Sunday, March 23, 2025
LOCATION: Residence Inn, in the Study Hall Lounge
7:00-9:00pm: Networking Reception for Workshop Participants
Monday, March 24, 2025
LOCATION: 375 Physics North
9:00-9:10am: Welcome
- Dan McKinsey, Professor and Department Vice Chair, UC Berkeley Physics
9:10-10:10am: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Shimon Kolkowitz)
Please see all talk titles in the "Participants" section
- Hannah Rana
- Boryana Hadzhiyska
- Lisa Drummond
10:10-10:40am: Group Photo and Coffee Break
10:40-11:20am: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Hernan Garcia)
- Haocun Yu
- Paulina Ewa Majchrzak
11:20am-12:00pm: Panel 1: Preparing for faculty applications. How to write a research statement, what committees look for (Moderatory: Ehud Altman)
- Panelists: Alessandra Lanzara, Jeff Neaton, Alp Sipahigil, Shanti Deemyad
12:00-1:30pm: Lunch & Keynote Address
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Keynote Speaker: Mary Scott (MSE, Berkeley)
1:30-2:30pm: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Raúl Briceño)
- Grace Pan
- Yiping Wang
- Yi-Hsien (Sherry) Du
2:30-3:00pm: Coffee Break
3:00-4:00pm: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Raúl Briceño)
- Carolyn C. Zhang
- Agnes Valenti
- Oriana Diessel
4:00-4:45pm: Panel 2: Interview and Negotiation- A discussion on applications, the interview process, and negotiating job offers (Moderator: Hernan Garcia)
- Panelists: Shimon Kolkowitz, Raúl Briceño, Frances Hellman, Megan Martik
5:00-6:30pm: Reception (Women's Faculty Club)
5:30-6:30pm: Keynote Address
- Keynote Speaker: Marjorie Shapiro, UC Berkeley Physics
6:30-8:30pm: Dinner
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
LOCATION: 375 Physics North
8:55-9:00am: Welcome
9:00-10:20am: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Jeffrey Neaton)
- Katherine Fraser
- Martina Ojeda
- Despoina Sampsonidou
- Elise LePage
10:20-10:40am: Coffee Break
10:40-11:20: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Hernan Garcia)
- Daniela Koeck
- Inbar Ada Savoray
11:20-12:00am: Panel 3: Securing Grants- A discussion on how to apply for external funding, interact with program managers, and manage funds (Moderator: Geoff Penington)
- Panelists: Mina Aganagic, James Analytis, Dan Carney
12:00am-1:30pm: Lunch & Keynote Address
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Keynote Speaker: Gabriel Orebi-Gann, UC Berkeley Physics
1:30-2:30pm: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Ori Ganor)
- Yael Avni
- Chloe Lindeman
- Rikki Garner
2:30-3:00pm: Coffee Break
3:00-3:40pm: Research Talks by Participants (Moderator: Shimon Kolkowitz)
- Maitane Muñoz-Basagoiti
- Jinghui Liu
3:40-4:25pm: Panel 4: Starting a Research Group- A discussion on how to build a research group, including how to set up a lab and hire/manage members (Moderator: Matt Pyle)
- Panelists: Matt Pyle, Alp Sipahigil, Victoria Xu, Adrian Lee
4:25pm: Adjourn