Credit: M. Bailey/NIST As the Feb. 1, 2021 deadline approaches for early-career researchers to join the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Research Associateships Program, we’re looking back at the captivating stories of some of our postdocs in the program. These were originally published on NIST social media channels in September 2020 as part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week. Erin Legacki South Carolina to Maine, round trip — NIST postdoctoral researcher Erin Legacki recently made the trek north to study North American Atlantic salmon. But getting to NIST in the first place was also a wild ride.