University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval hosts Angie Lenard, Ph.D., and Satish Manandhar, Ph.D., two postdoctoral scholars contributing to impactful research on campus. Around 70 postdoctoral scholars work at the University, playing a valuable role in advancing the research and teaching on campus.
Lenard and Manandhar help to lead the University’s Postdoctoral Association (UNR PA), an organization that was formed in 2021 by volunteer postdocs to represent postdocs across campus. The organization offers professional development opportunities, social events and other community building for any postdoctoral scholar at the University.
During the episode, Sandoval discusses with Lenard and Manandhar what a postdoc is, why someone would choose to pursue this path after receiving their doctorate and how UNR PA is working to connect with postdocs around campus. They also explore both scholars’ research – Lenard is monitoring chemicals on national wildlife refuges near California agriculture lands and Manandhar is running experiments on one of the largest shake tables in the country to determine how to better build structures atop soil.
Thank you to the team at the University Libraries @One Center for producing and editing this episode. Additional contributors included Burak Boyacıoğlu and Loren Pietsch.
