Agenda

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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

  • 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

  • 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