[Grad-postdoc-assn] Private Sector Panel tomorrow still on!!

[Valerie Sloan]

Dear all,

I hope that you have stayed warm today and avoided those icy roads.
The weather is going to clear up tonight, and so we are still on for the
private sector panel tomorrow.  Please show your interest and respect to
our speakers and come to the panel!

I disappointed that I will not be able to be there, but Olivia Clifton, an
NCAR ASP Postdoc, will moderate the session.  Coffee and tea will be
served.

Warm regards,
Valerie

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Learn more about careers in the atmospheric sciences and engineering
outside of academia!  Whether you ever want/need to look for work in the
private sector, or will be teaching graduate or undergraduate students and
need to teach about careers beyond academia, this panel will be informative.

Each panelist will spend five minutes describing their career trajectory,
and a Q & A session will follow.  Ask panelists about when, why, and how
they decided to go in this career direction, their work-life balance, and
what they enjoy or dislike in their work, for example.

*Panelists: *Our panelists are Luke Madaus, Aaron Pina, and Sarah Woods,
whose areas of expertise are as follows:

   - *Luke Madaus* works as a staff scientist and geospatial solutions
   engineer at Jupiter, designing and implementing end-to-end product suites
   that take the latest climate science and translate it to hyper-local
   impacts, tailored to customer needs.  He is also in charge of recruitment
   for Jupiter's summer internship program and contributes to Jupiter's
   junior-level hiring and talent acquisition.


   - *Aaron Pina* joined Aeris, a small-business start-up in 2017.  He
   works on projects with U.S. agencies, such as Departments of Defense and
   Energy, to develop technical tools that study the atmospheric transport and
   dispersion of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive
   material. He also helps prioritize business development strategies based on
   latest science and policy issues related to atmospheric transport,
   dispersion, deposition, ecosystem impacts, and human health impacts to
   ensure the use of the latest methodologies and technologies.


   - *Sarah Woods* works at SPEC Inc. as a research scientist for a company
   that develops instruments and conducts research specializing in cloud
   microphysics.  This work involves outfitting various research aircraft,
   both manned and unmanned, with optical instrumentation that takes high
   resolution images and collects observations of the size, shape,
   concentration, and phase of cloud particles.  She analyzes this data to
   yield insight into the microphysical processes governing the life cycle of
   various cloud types.  Her research has involved laboratory and fieldwork
   and provides opportunity for collaboration with NASA, NOAA, NCAR, DOE, NRL,
   and other government and university research groups.

To join in via Google Hangouts, please email Valerie Sloan
<vsloan at ucar.edu?subject=Request%20for%20invite%20for%20Google%20Hangout&body=Hello%2C%20%0APlease%20add%20me%20to%20the%20Google%20calendar%20for%20the%20Private%20Sector%20Panel%20%20so%20that%20I%20may%20get%20details%20on%20how%20to%20join%20the%20Google%20Hangouts.%20%20%0AThank%20you.>
.


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Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.
Director of the GEO REU Network &
Senior Higher Education Specialist
NCAR Education & Outreach
NCAR|UCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Email: vsloan at ucar.edu
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