NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows Annual Symposium; Long Beach, CA, January 2009

Andrea Ghez博士（加州-洛杉矶大学）沿着合作者马歇尔Perrin（加州-洛杉矶大学）和Rachel Kuzio de Naray（加州-欧文大学）将组织和举办国家科学基金会天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金（AAPF）计划的第七次年度研讨会。研讨会将于2009年1月3日至4日在加州的长滩举行，将汇集AAPF研究员，教师导师，未来的AAPF申请人和天文学界感兴趣的成员。这将使研究员能够介绍他们的研究和教育活动，并更好地确定如何丰富研究金本身的经验。此外，研究员将有机会在专题讨论会期间与同事建立跨学科项目。将教育活动纳入研究员的研究工作，使研究金方案产生了广泛的影响。许多研究员参加K-12/公众外联活动，从而提高了公众对科学的兴趣。研讨会将使研究员不仅在他们自己之间，而且还与教师导师和其他与会者分享他们的想法和经验。

Dr. Andrea Ghez (University of California - Los Angeles), along with collaborators Marshall Perrin (University of California - Los Angeles) and Rachel Kuzio de Naray (University of California - Irvine) will organize and conduct the seventh annual symposium of the National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (AAPF) program. The symposium, to be held January 3-4, 2009 in Long Beach, California, will bring together the AAPF fellows, faculty mentors, prospective AAPF applicants, and interested members of the astronomical community. This will allow the fellows to present their research and educational activities, and to better establish ways to enrich the fellowship experience itself. Additionally, fellows will obtain opportunities to establish interdisciplinary projects with colleagues during the symposium. The integration of educational activities into the research efforts of the fellows provides for a broad impact of the fellowship program. Many fellows participate in K-12/public outreach activities, leading to enhancement of the public's interest in science. The symposium will allow the fellows to share their ideas and experiences, not only among themselves, but also with faculty mentors and with others in attendance.