IOS Webinar: From Postdoc to Principal Investigator

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 from 3-4pm ET, the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) within NSF’s Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) will host a webinar “From Postdoc to Principal Investigator.”  

This one-hour webinar will highlight topics relevant to postdocs and new faculty as they plan their career transition to beginning principal investigators. Perspectives will include a keynote panel of current IOS CAREER awardees and briefings from IOS Program Directors on selected funding opportunities focused on the pre-tenure faculty stage and facilitating research at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs). 

Register to Participate in this Webinar 

https://nsf.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcuCvpzkqGvzdPiJ_gAWge8Zl_wYPCKk 

Webinar Agenda 

Part 1: Introduction to Selected Funding Opportunities by NSF IOS Program Directors 

• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)  

• Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) 

• Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) 

Presenters 

• Dr. Joanna Shisler is a Program Director with the IOS Symbiosis, Infection and Immunity (SII) Program and is the IOS representative for CAREER proposals. 

• Dr. Colette St. Mary is a Program Director in the IOS Behavioral Systems Cluster. She also participates in the management of other programs including BRC-BIO, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID), and the Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP).  

Part 2: Keynote Panel on Transitioning from Postdoc to PI – Insights from Current IOS CAREER Awardees 

Dr. Benjamin Wolfe, Tufts University 

Dr. Benjamin Wolfe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Tufts University. Dr Wolfe's research uses synthetic microbial communities to identify mechanisms that control the assembly and functions of microbiomes. Dr. Wolfe’s NSF CAREER award focuses on Mechanisms of microbial adaptation in variable biotic environments. 

Dr. Amanda De La Torre, Northern Arizona University 

Dr. Amanda De La Torre is an Associate Professor at the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University. Dr. De La Torre’s research focuses on understanding the genomic and evolutionary basis of trait variation, and adaptation to warming climates in natural population of tree species. Dr.  De La Torre’s NSF CAREER award focuses on Temporal and Transgenerational Genomic and Epigenetic Effects of Hybridization in Long-generation Tree Species.