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.

3:30PM - 4:00PM 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.

4:00PM - 5:00PM 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.

Panelists:

• Wendy Mendoza
• Jeremy Kubica
• Kristen Metzger
• Eric Peng
• Becka Phillipson
• Burcin Mutulu-Pakdil
• Carrie Holt
• Melissa DelUcchi
• Douglas Tucker

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