You are invited to join a Graduate School-hosted special in-person power mentoring discussion with Dr. Wayne Scales (PhD ’88). Dr. Scales is giving the keynote for the biennial Future Professors Institute, and we are pleased to be able to engage him for a Power Mentoring Discussion with our NextGen Professors and other interested graduate students and postdocs.

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm ET
Location: G01 Biotechnology Building

Catering: Light refreshments TBA

Please register by noon on June 16, 2025 if you plan to attend

About Power Mentoring Sessions

Power Mentoring Sessions are space-limited discussions that provide graduate students and postdocs with the opportunity to engage in candid, closed-door conversations with invited faculty and academic leaders about their lived experiences and strategies for navigating various aspects of academia. Invited Power Mentors have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through micro-experiences that do not require an ongoing mentoring commitment.

About Dr. Wayne Scales

Prof. Wayne Scales received BS and MS degrees in Honors Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Virginia Tech and the PhD from Cornell University in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics with focus in Space Plasma Physics. He was an ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow in the Space Plasma Physics Branch of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Afterwards, he joined the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech and is currently the J. Byron Maupin Professor of Engineering and was founding Director of the Center for Space Science and Engineering Research (Space@VT) and founding Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program in Remote Sensing. Prof. Scales is also an affiliate Professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. He has served as Special Assistant to the Dean of Engineering and Senior Consultant to the Vice President of Research and Innovation working on special initiatives in Quantum Information Science, Nanoscale Science, and Postdoctoral Affairs. He currently serves as Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs where his responsibilities include supporting special initiatives involving faculty development as well as research and workforce development partnerships with MSIs and HBCUs. His work in this area has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Genentech Foundation Fund.

Visit Sponsors:

Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement, Future Faculty and Academic Careers in the Office of Career and Professional Development, and Office of Postdoctoral Studies.