1. Roya Zandi Associate professor Department of Physics and Astronomy UCR & A former UC Presidents’ postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UCLA

2. Babies are cute but…. Nikki was born in 1998 Received Ph.D. 2001

3. Professor Joseph Rudnick Department of Physics and Astronomy Dean of Physical sciences (UCLA) Professor William Gelbart Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (UCLA) Professor Mehran Kardar Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mentors President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

4. Fall Meeting Agenda Balancing Academic Life & Family CV Development Grant Writing Job Search Mentoring Publishing and Tenure Strategies for Survival: Race & Gender in Academia

5. President’s and Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs Academic Retreat Presentations & Critical Evaluation by Faculty