Steering Committee Leadership

The Steering Committee is a group of postdoctoral scholars who regularly take part in meetings, events, and interact with the officers of the UMN-PDA. The Steering Committee are the postdoctoral scholars responsible for shaping postdoctoral policy at the University of Minnesota. Officers are voted on annually and can serve up to three years.

Any postdoc can become a member of the Steering Committee simply by notifying the PDA and showing up for meetings (in person or virtually).

Minutes of all Steering Committee meetings are publicly available.

Officers

President

Tori Osinski, PhD

Department of Pediatrics; Medical School

Vice President

Neetu Yadav, PhD

Department of Chemistry; College of Science and Engineering

Policy and Advocacy Officer

Courtney Matson, PhD

Department of Microbiology; Medical School

Treasurer

Nilanjan Chatterjee, PhD

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Sciences

Secretary

Holly Korthas, PhD

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology; College of Pharmacy

Chairs

Communications and Outreach Chair

Raisa Andeme Ela, PhD

Department of Chemical Engineering & Material Science; College of Science and Engineering

International Affairs Chair

Marco Künzli, PhD

Department of Microbiology; Medical School

Social Chair

Beatriz Baselga Cervera, PhD, DVM

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; College of Biological Sciences

Career Development

Vacant - contact pda@umn.edu to join


Representatives and Liaisons

Kelsey Johnson, PhD

Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; College of Biological Sciences

Tori Osinski, PhD

Department of Pediatrics; Medical School

SCFA Term Faculty Advisory Subcommittee

Courtney Matson, PhD

Department of Microbiology; Medical School

Noelle Gillis, PhD

Masonic Cancer Center

Beatriz Baselga Cervera, PhD, DVM

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; College of Biological Sciences

Graduate Student Advisory Board

Courtney Matson, PhD

Department of Microbiology; Medical School

Provost's Task Force on Faculty Behavior in Graduate Education Committee

Manisha Munasinghe, PhD

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology; College of Biological Sciences

Delegates

Delegates are self-nominating volunteers responsible for participating in monthly PDA meetings and representing the interests of their unit colleagues. Each college, center, institute, or satellite campus is given a number of seats on the PDA Steering Committee depending on the proportion of postdocs they employ. PDA officers are elected from the pool of delegates. Additional delegates to colleges currently with delegate representation are welcome.

UMN-Duluth

Lei Wang, PhD

Office for the Vice President of Research (Hormel Institute, Institute on the Environment, Minnesota Population Center, and the Supercomputing Institute)

Elizabeth Abraham, PhD

Non-affiliated Academic Health Center departments (e.g. Cancer Center, Center for Drug Design)

Noelle Gillis, PhD

College of Liberal Arts/College of Education and Human Development/Public Affairs/Public Health

Vacant - contact pda@umn.edu to join

College of Biological Sciences

Beatriz Baselga Cervera, PhD, DVM

Kelsey Johnson, PhD

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medicine

Nilanjan Chatterjee, PhD

Medical School, Dentistry, Pharmacy

Tori Osinski, PhD

Holly Korthas, PhD

Courtney Matson, PhD

Marco Künzli, PhD

College of Science and Engineering

Neetu Yadav, PhD

Morgan Turner, PhD

Raisa Andeme Ela, PhD

Team Members

Team members are ad-hoc volunteers that have agreed to be contacted to help organize specific events, without any predetermined time or effort commitment. All PDA members can volunteer throughout the year (no elections needed).