PPA (PhD and Postdoc Association)

The PPA (PhD and Postdoc Association) of PSI was officially formed in the year 2015 by group of friends at PSI. The main intention of this association is to provide a platform for PhD students and postdocs for social and scientific networking across all departments. Specifically, the PPA: > FACILITATE socialization while organizing many different types of events; > SUPPORT the community through difficulties at all stages of the PhD; > PROMOTE scientific exchange among PhDs and Postdocs of different divisions; > REPRESENT the interests of PhDs and Postdocs with the PSI administration; We can also provide support to new PhD students and postdocs, with questions related to PSI/PhD enrollment/settling down. We regularly organize events most of which will be held at PSI, however, events outside PSI such as skiing or industrial visit is also possible depending on the organizers. We announce all our events in an event calendar on the PSI intranet! Additionally, we have an Outlook calendar where all events are published. To open this, please connect to a PSI network or VPN and go to Outlook -> Add calendar -> From directory -> Search for "Shared phd_assoc" -> Open. Additionally we inform you regularly about upcoming events and tours via e-mail. To be added to our mailing list, simply go to our newsletter portal on this link, and subscribe to the mailing list. In case that does not work for you, write to PhDassociation@psi.ch. You are always welcome to contact us at anytime in case of any questions/comments or help. We hope you enjoy browsing through the webpage and we are looking forward to welcoming you to our exciting events in the future.