Abstract
For most of my educational and professional life, I pursued a fairly standard trajectory. A bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy, a master's in optical physics, and a Ph.D. in astronomy prepared me for a postdoctoral fellowship and subsequent work as a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Highlights
For most of my educational and professional life, I pursued a fairly standard trajectory
A bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy, a master’s in optical physics, and a Ph.D. in astronomy prepared me for a postdoctoral fellowship and subsequent work as a scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
I wondered whether my hard-earned scientific background would ever be into teaching high school students.”
Summary
For most of my educational and professional life, I pursued a fairly standard trajectory. I thought I was well on my way to a stable career as an astronomer. The turning point came in 2008, students in a more personal way, as 18 years after I got my Ph.D., when the class sizes are smaller and I see my luck securing grants dried up.
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