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Astronomy Career Development Seminar (AstroCDS)
Location: 6th floor, Campbell Hall
Organizers:
Nick Kern (nkern@berkeley.edu)
Kaylan Burleigh (kaylanb@berkeley.edu)
Previous Organizers:
Malena Rice
Adam Morgan
Faculty Support
Everyone, in particular Eugene and Mariska
Spring 2018 Schedule
| Date | Time | Who | Job | was former… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed April 11th | 5:10pm Campbell Hall 6th Floor | Dr. Xiaoying Xu | Software Engineer, Google | U. Arizona Astro PhD |
| Wed April 25th | 5:10pm Campbell Hall 6th floor | Dr. Amy Furniss | Prof at Cal State U. East Bay | UC Santa Cruz Astro PhD |
Past Speakers
| Date | Time | Who | Job | was former… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/20/2017 | 1 pm | Dr. Chris Klein | Apple | UCB Astro PhD |
| 11/3/2017 | 5 pm | Dr. Adam Morgan | Target | UCB Astro PhD |
| 3/29/2017 | 5 pm | Dr. Casey Stark | UCB Astro PhD | |
| 2/27/2017 | 6 pm | Dr. Matt George | Airware | UCB Astro PhD |
| 5/2/2016 | 5 pm | Dr. Xiaosheng Huang | Prof. at U. of San Francisco | UCB physics PhD / postdoc |
| 4/19/2016 | 5 pm | Dr. Beth Reid | The Climate Coporation | BCCP fellow |
| 12/1/2014 | 5 pm | Dr. Charles Hansen | Pivotal Labs | UCB Physics PhD |
| 11/3/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Jacob Lynn | VIA Analytics | UCB Physics PhD |
| 10/6/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Josh Shiode | John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow | UCB Astro PhD |
| 9/9/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Alexia Schulz | MIT Lincoln Labs | UCB Astro PhD |
| 4/8/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Kelly Truelove | Internet Law Expert | UCB Physics PhD |
| 3/18/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Mohan Ganeshalingam | LBNL Energy Efficiency Standards group | UCB Astro PhD |
| 2/17/2014 | 5pm | Dr. Kristen Shapiro Griffin | Northrop Grumman | UCB Astro PhD |
| 12/17/2013 | 5pm | Dr. Jessica Kirkpatrick | Yammer/InstaEDU | UCB Astro PhD |
| 11/18/2013 | 5pm | Dr. Berian James | Square | Post Doc at Berkeley & Copenhagen |
| 10/15/2013 | 5pm | Dr. Onsi Fakhouri | Pivotal Labs | UCB Astro PhD |
What is it?
This talk series increases the exposure of UCB Astronomy undergrads, grads, and postdocs to a variety of career opportunities outside academia (any job except R1 university Prof.). Two to three times per semester we invite a UCB alum, who did their PhD in astronomy, to tell us how they got from grad school to their current job. The talk is informal and very interactive. The speaker spends 15-20 min telling us about their path and the remaining 40 minutes is Q&A. Thanks to strong faculty support, especially Eugene, Mariska, Imke, we have funding to cater the event. We bring in food during the last 20 min so we can eat, mingle, and keep the time commitment to 1 hour!
