CIMS hosts Panel on Academic Careers in Mathematics

CIMS hosts Panel on Academic Careers in Mathematics

By June 7, 2018

CIMS hosted a panel on Academic Careers in Mathematics on June 6, 2018.  This panel focused on the transition from undergraduate through graduate school and beyond.  Topics included how to choose a graduate program, life in graduate school, postdoctoral positions and the rewards/demands of a faculty position.  The panel consisted of

  • Dr. Zachary Grant, PhD UMass-Dartmouth, rising postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Dr. Jiahua Jang, PhD UMass-Dartmouth, rising postdoc at Virginia Tech.
  • Prof. Silvia Jimenez-Bolanos, Assistant Professor, Colgate University
  • Prof. Padraig O’Cathain, Assistant Professor, WPI
  • Patchara Santawisook, PhD student, WPI

The panel heard questions from participants in the NSF-funded REU in Industrial Mathematics and Statistics, and undergraduate students from WPI.



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