WSU Postdoctoral and Research Professional Association
Welcome! We hope that this can be a landing spot for all WSU postdoctoral and research professionals. WSU has over 100 Postdoctoral and Research Professionals spanning over every college and multiple campuses. Individually they help contribute to research and innovation at WSU. Together the PRPA offers support in building each member’s research and career.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to contact Emily Brashear (emily.brashear@wsu.edu) or Balasaheb Sonawane (b.sonawane@wsu.edu).
President: Balasaheb Sonawane
Vice President: Shyam Solanki
Treasurer: Bharath Kurki Nagaraja
Communication & Community Engagement Officer: Courtney Kurinec
Funding Opportunities
With Pivot, you can easily explore new avenues for funding, view funding opportunities uniquely matched to your area of research, and collaborate with colleagues. Using your WSU ID you can create and save personalized search criteria and receive a weekly targeted funding email alert listing new opportunities in their research areas.
Find funding by using the Pivot database or check out the Postdoc Awards!
Announcements
Join the Postdoctoral and Research Professional Association listserv here.
Destination Europe 2020 in Seattle!
Saturday, February 13th
Seattle, WA
Hosted by the University of Washington
The event will showcase research career and funding opportunities throughout Europe for researchers at all stages of their careers, and there are many opportunities for post-docs. Since Destination Europe was launched in 2012, people who attended Destination Europe conferences have been very enthusiastic in their feedback on the events.
Click here to view the the program. Participation is free but prior registration is essential at REGISTER NOW
Show your support to fellow PRPA presenters at the 2020 Academic Showcase!
The 2020 Academic Showcase is open to any research, scholarship, and creative work from the WSU community. That includes you!
Discover more at the Academic Showcase
Thursday, March 26, 2020
9 a.m. to noon
M.G. Carey Senior Ballroom, Compton Union Building
The Professional Development Initiative (PDI)
The Professional Development Initiative (PDI) provides a range of programs, training opportunities, and resources to graduate and professional students that will help prepare them for academic and career success.
Free for WSU faculty, staff, graduate, and professional students.
JANUARY
30 Tax Help for Graduate and Professional Students
| Dr. Richard Toolson, Department of Accounting
31 A Skill Worth Developing: Making Your Point in 30 Seconds
| Dr. Mary Sánchez Lanier, Assistant Vice Provost
FEBRUARY
5 Data Literacy: Busting Myths of Data I
| Dr. Nairanjana Dasgupta, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
12 Data Literacy: Busting Myths of Data II
| Dr. Nairanjana Dasgupta, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
14 Understanding Civil Rights Compliance in the Workplace and in Academia
| Holly Ashkannejhad, Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Investigation
14 Green Dot Training: Reducing Gender-Based Violence
| Dr. Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In
Click here to check out the calendar of upcoming PDI events!
Mark your calendars!!
PRPA next meeting:
March
11:00am
Lighty 280
~Speaker: TBA~
Looking for free memberships?
Cheeky Scientist: At WSU, we are committed to helping you develop the professional skills necessary to pursue your dream career. As such, we are delighted to announce a partnership with Cheeky Scientist to provide STEM PhD’s and post-docs with the opportunity to build the necessary skills to pursue a career in Industry.
As part of the partnership we are offering a limited number of spaces to the Cheeky Scientist Association online training platform.
Versatile PhD: Versatile PhD helps graduate students and new PhDs envision, prepare for and excel in non-academic careers. Here you will find a wonderful online community, an overview of PhD careers, PhD-appropriate job listings and access to a database of nearly 90,000 members.
Member Highlight
Courtney Kurinec
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. Baylor University, 2019
Email: courtney.kurinec@wsu.edu
Research Interests:
- Memory
- Decision making
- Metacognition and learning
In my research, I focus on factors that can influence memory and decision making in diverse contexts. Specifically, I have investigated how factors such as cognitive load, stereotypes, and metacognitive ability affect the way people are able to recall information and the types of decisions they later make. I am currently working in the Affective and Cognitive Influences of Decisions (ACID) Lab to explore how sleep restriction affects memory and decision making.
Who else is apart of WSU PRPA?
This is a current list of Postdoctoral and Research Professionals within WSU.| Name | Title | Department | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilyas Unlu | ilyas.unlu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Balasaheb Sonawane | b.sonawane@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Kuenzang Om | kuenzang.om@wsu.edu | Research Intern | School of Biological Sciences |
| Dennis Nicuh Lozada | den.lozada@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Mingzhu Lu | lu.ming-zhu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Eric Nilsson | nilsson@wsu.edu | Research Associate Professor | School of Biological Sciences |
| Bharath Kurki Nagaraja | bharath.nagaraja@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Material and Engineering Center |
| Hari Kiran Kotapati | hari.kotapati@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Nate Law | nathan_law@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Karl Alcover | k.alcover@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Medical Education and Clinical Sciences |
| Amit Sharma | amit.sharma2@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Yibo Huangfu | yibo.huangfu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Shaoqu Xie | shaoqu.xie@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering |
| Courtney Kurinec | courtney.kurinec@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Psychology |
| Daniel Mulendore | mullendore@wsu.edu | Staff Scientist | Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center |
| Nalok Dutta | nalok.dutta@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Chenxi Wang | chenxi.wang@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Camille Wendlandt | camille.wendlandt@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Kathiresan Selvam | kathir.selvam@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Miao Wen | miao.wen@wsu.edu | PhD graduate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mohammadali Azadfar | mohammadali.azadfar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Materials and Engineering Center |
| Jessica Waite | jessica.waite@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| Carmella Vizza | Carmella.vizza@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of the Environment |
| Solmaz Amiri | solmaz.amiri@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Nutrition and Exercise Physiology |
| Sean Mossman | sean.mossman@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Physics |
| Zhongming Gao | zhongming.gao@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Katalin Korpany | katalin.korpany@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Maren Mossman | maren.mossman@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Physics |
| John Drazin | John.drazin@wsu.edu | Assistant Research Professor | Mechanical and Materials Engineering |
| Mailea Miller-Pierce | M.miller-pierce@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | Biology |
| Rishikesh Ghogare | rishikesh.ghogare@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| Cassandra Nikolaus | cassandra.nikolaus@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) |
| Shyam Solanki | shyam.solanki@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Prabu Gnanasekaran | prabubc@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Ánjali Rai | anjalirules22@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Shagufta Perveen | shagufta06@yahoo.com | Research Fellow | Plant Pathology |
| Romana Iftikhar | romana.iftikhar@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Anjali Krishnan | anjali.krishnan@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Food Science/ IAREC |
| Ben Vernasco | ben.vernasco@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Biological Sciences |
| Sapinder Bali | sapinder.bali@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Ashley Railey | ashley.railey@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) |
| Marina Savenkova | marina@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience |
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