Jun 18 2024

NSF CAREER Awardee Panel

June 18, 2024

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location

Virtual

Address

Chicago, IL 60612

Cost

Free

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If you are planning a submission to NSF CAREER, it can be valuable to learn from the experiences of colleagues. Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Stephanie Cologna will moderate a panel of recent UIC winners of NSF CAREER awards who will share their personal experiences developing a proposal, applying, re-applying and ultimately securing the grant. They will discuss their experiences developing the research and education plans, broader impacts, finding mentors and the importance of perseverance.

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Moderator:

Stephanie Cologna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Recent Award: "CAREER: Defining the Role of Lipid Perturbations in Cell Survival"
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

Panelists:

Osama Khalil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Recent Award: "CAREER: Mixing and Equidistribution in Number Theory and Geometry"
Division Of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

Myunghee Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Recent Award: "CAREER: Personalized, wearable robot mobility assistance considering human-robot co-adaptation that incorporates biofeedback, user coaching, and real-time optimization"
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

Jae-Won Shin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine; Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering
Recent Award: "CAREER: Engineering instructive niches to precisely guide single stem cells"
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) in the Directorate for Engineering (ENG)

Contact

Rebecca Milczarek

Date posted

May 30, 2024

Date updated

May 30, 2024

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