Elisa Floriddia, postdoc at the Kalorinska Institute (KI) in Sweden and member of SfN's Professional Development Committee (PDC), reflects on ways extracurricular leadership opportunities have enriched her career. As chair of her institution's postdoc association, she rallied peers together to bring awareness to common issues postdocs face and gained professional confidence. Read about her experience and learn from her advice to other postdocs.
Can you walk through your career path so far?
I'm from Italy, where I did my undergraduate and graduate training. During my Master's program, I had a fantastic mentor who advised trainees to go after the science we wanted to do. My mentor also emphasized how valuable it is to change countries, which gave me the courage to seek PhD training opportunities elsewhere in Europe.
I ended up moving to Germany which were fantastic years, science-wise. Along the way, I had questions about how to get to the next step in my career path. My PhD adviser suggested I become a member of SfN and then I could access the online content, which I found very useful.
I decided I wanted to continue in an academic path after I graduated, so I pursued postdoctoral training and am now in my second postdoc appointment at the Karolinska Institute (KI) in Sweden.
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