Fellowship Awarded:
Faculty Mentor:
Emma Kaeller Lundberg
Fostering community for everyone in a department is very important to me. This type of growth can be challenging for postdoctoral scholars, who have diverse backgrounds, timelines, and goals. I started the Bioengineering Postdoc Chalk Talk series to build a better sense of belonging and inclusion for all postdocs in the department and to facilitate practice for a difficult part of academic job searches, the chalk talk, which may also help build equity in preparing for this career transition. I am proud that the first event in December 2023 was successful, with around 20 postdocs and one faculty member attending.