Chair: Ryan Oelkers

Session Goals:

This is a session aimed at supporting students as they navigate modern career pathways and seeks to provide students with professional development resources for astronomy-related roles inside and outside of academia.

Agenda:

The session will include a panel discussion from students, postdocs, engineers, observers, professors, and other professionals.

4:00PM - 4:30PM The panel members will introduce themselves, describe their pathway to their current role, and provide any advice they have for students taking a similar pathway.

4:30PM - 5:30PM The panel members will participate in a Q&A session. The questions can be asked in person, or submitted to the session chair prior to the start of the session.

Please contact the session chair with questions you would like to submit to the panel or if you would like to volunteer to be a panel member.

Confirmed Panel Members:

1. Igor Andreoni - Assistant Professor at UNC & Chair of the Time Domain Science Collaboration

2. Colin Orion Chandler - LINCC Frameworks Project Scientist & Researcher at DiRAC

3. Stephanie Deppe - Planetary Scientist & Science Communicator at NOIRLab

4. Louise Edwards - Associate Professor at Cal Poly

5. Melissa Graham - Research Scientist at UW & Rubin Lead Community Scientist

6. Somayeh Khakpash - Catalyst Postdoc Fellow at Rutgers University

7. Dan Peluso - Director of Strategic Engagement at LSST-DA

8. Luca Rizzi - Program Officer at NSF