The SPHERE Engineering Group focuses on collating fellowship and funding opportunities for engineering postdocs. We also engage with professional societies in engineering to develop tailored professional development resources specifically designed for engineering postdocs.
Interested in volunteering to support engineering postdocs? Join us!

Engineering Societies
If you are involved with an engineering society that would be open to partnering with us to develop tailored professional development resources specifically designed for engineering postdocs, please reach out to us.
Meet the members

Karena Nguyen, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Services
Georgia Institute of Technology

Chris Smith, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Affairs Program Administrator
Virginia Tech

Paul L. Rainey, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Director for Graduate Student Career Services
Texas A&M University

Vipul Sharma, Ph.D.
Director for PME Postdoctoral Affairs
The University of Chicago

Mariam Banahi, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Office of Postdoctoral Initiatives
University of Minnesota, Graduate School
