Welcome to your Postdoc Council
The aim of the Postdoc Council (PC) is to establish and maintain a stable and responsive channel of interaction between the postdoc community and the CfA Administration. In this regard, the PC aims to
Create and maintain initiatives to improve the working conditions of the postdoctoral employees and fellowship holders.
Provide representation of the postdoctoral researchers at the CfA executive committee meetings and give voice to postdoctoral researchers’ concerns and ideas.
Encourage social and educational interaction within postdoctoral employees and fellowship holders.
The current PC has representation from all divisions and departments at CfA: Theoretical Astrophysics (TA), Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences (SSP), High Energy Astrophysics (HEA), Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP), Radio and Geoastronomy (RG) and the Science and Education Department (SED).
Meeting Minutes available upon request
Postdoc Council Members
Kirsten Hall,
Chair
R&G
Paola Domínguez Fernández,
Deputy Co-Chair
ITC
Paul Cristofari,
Deputy Co-Chair
SSP
Elena Bellomi
HEA
Razieh Emami Meibody
ITC
Daichi Hiramatsu
OIR
Vladimir Makhnev
AMP
Fabio Pacucci
ITC/BHI
Rongxiu Wu
SED
Wei Yu
R&G
Contact the Postdoc Council
The postdoc council is reachable by several means. For any general question / comments / ideas, feel free to contact us via email, come to one of our member's office, or fill out the form below.
postdoc-council@cfa.harvard.edu - This is the main communication channel to the postdoc council. All members can view emails sent to this address.
Contact any member of the council - We know it's sometimes easier to reach out to someone we know. Feel free to contact any member of the council directly; you can easily find the email addresses in the CfA directory !
Fill out the form below. If you have a concern or comment you want to share with us anonymously, use the form below. Please note that by using this form, we will not be able to know who you are, and therefore cannot get back to you directly if you have a question and do not identify yourself. If you do not mind identifying yourself and want to contact the council, please consider writing to postdoc-council@cfa.harvard.edu instead !
Whichever way you choose to contact us, the postdoc council will do its very best to answer your questions, provide help, or take your comments under advisement in a timely manner.
News from the Postdoc Council
We had a blast at the ECR symposium !
The 2023 ECR Symposium on November 3 was a huge success! The Postdoc Council would like to thank all of the attendees who presented and helped the ECRs at the CfA become more connected with one another! We also extend a special thank you to Purvang Patel, Daniel Eisenstein, Kim-Vy Tran, Elissa Siegel, Charles Hickey, and Elizabeth Doyle for their financial and logistical support.
During this event postdocs could share a bit about their research and life out of work. This was a wonderful opportunity for building a stronger ECR community at CfA and to identify possible collaborators.
We are looking forward to the next one!
We have an ongoing survey regarding professional development training that will be offered to us here at the CfA.
Past Postdoc Councils
(2022) Tyler Holland-Ashford, Fabio Pacucci and Wei Yu
(pre-COVID) Bryan Terrazas, Rachel Cochrane, and GyuChul Myeong