Welcome to the UC Santa Cruz Postdocs Association webpage!

The USPA is a postdoctoral-led organization that aims to provide career training and resources to postdoctoral scholars here at UC Santa Cruz. Each year the USPA organizes a symposium, and a series of workshops to highlight postdoctoral research, provides postdocs with career planning support, and build a stronger postdoc community.  Our goal is to create a welcoming environment for new postdocs and a supportive group of peers to navigate this pivotal career stage together.

The USPA is part of the larger network of Bay Area Postdocs.

Activities of USPA include:

  • postdoc science and social hour
  • career development workshops
  • annual symposium

Check out our upcoming events and:

Latest from USPA

Intellectual Property workshop for Postdocs

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The USPA is inviting you to a workshop on Intellectual Property, led by Jeff Jackson from UCSC, Friday Feb 25th, 3-4pm via zoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91898114331?pwd=QlhDU0JvZVMwL2hpakV2cEZ1U1lEQT09

Jeff is the Director of Intellectual Property Management at UC Santa Cruz and will answer any questions the group has about anything surrounding intellectual property: patents, copyrights, startups, the UC Santa Cruz IP process, licensing from the University, IP policy, careers in patents and intellectual property or anything else that’s of interest.

First Beach Party of 2022

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Join us for the first postdoc party in 2022! Saturday February 12th, 3pm-sunset, at Seabright Beach East (see pinned map).

We’ll gather at the volleyball courts around a slackline. In case of rain, look for a blue portable canopy.

No registration necessary. Come with your partners/kids/friends/pets, plenty of space on the beach.

What to bring with you: comfy clothes, usual beach stuff, ligt food & drinks to share. Volleyball net and a ball would be great too!