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

Andrea Ghez博士(加州大学洛杉矶分校)、马歇尔·佩林(加州大学洛杉矶分校)和Rachel Kuzio de Naray(加州大学欧文分校)将组织和主持第七届美国国家科学基金会天文学和天体物理学博士后奖学金(AAPF)年度研讨会。研讨会将于2009年1月3日至4日在加利福尼亚州长滩举行，将汇集AAPF研究员、教师导师、潜在的AAPF申请者和天文学社区感兴趣的成员。这将使研究员能够介绍他们的研究和教育活动，并更好地建立丰富奖学金经验本身的方法。此外，在研讨会期间，研究员将获得与同事建立跨学科项目的机会。将教育活动纳入研究人员的研究工作，为研究金方案提供了广泛的影响。许多研究员参加了K-12/公众推广活动，从而提高了公众对科学的兴趣。研讨会将允许研究员分享他们的想法和经验，不仅在他们之间，而且与教员导师和出席的其他人分享。

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.