The workshop aims to provide insights to early career scientists about the fascinating work done in the Physics of the Cosmos Program, explain and demonstrate the tools and opportunities available to them, and answer any questions they may have.

This workshop will take place on November 19 – 21, 2024 at 1 – 4pm Eastern and it will be fully remote. The first day will focus on Science, the second day on Missions, and the third day on Careers.

Participants will engage in interactive sessions covering topics such as grants, data archives, and career development strategies.

Whether you are a graduate student, postdoc, or early-career researcher, you will find this workshop beneficial for your professional growth.

Day 1 – Physics of the Cosmos Science

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Time	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation
1:00pm	PhysCOS Science Overview	F. Civano	NASA / GSFC	[PDF]
1:15pm	PhysPAG Overview	D. Pooley	Trinity University	[PDF]
1:30pm	Interactive: A Tour of the HEASARC, Highlighting the Tools and Services	A. Basu-Zych	NASA / UMBC)
2:00pm	Break
2:10pm	Proposal Opportunities: Walk Through NSPIRES/Proposal Funding Options	J. Pepper	NASA / HQ	[PDF]
2:30pm	Early Career Scientists Presentations on Science Projects	Bruno Arsioli	IA	[PDF]
	Data Processing and Progress Update for PanoSeti	Bretton Simpson	UCSD	[PDF]
	Extraction of Gravitational Wave Signals in Realistic LISA Data	Eleonora Castelli	UMBC	[PDF]
3:00pm	Break
3:10pm	Early Career Scientists Presentations on Science Projects	Sansjrutu Das	Stanford	[PDF]
	Reverberation Mapping: Two Unusual Cases of Continuum Reverberation	Marcin Marculewicz	Wayne State	[PDF]
	Hunting for Galactic PeVatrons with X-rays & Gamma-rays	Jooyun Woo	Columbia	[PDF]
	Constraining the Dense Matter EoS with New NICER MR Measurements and New Chiral EFT Inputs	Nathan Rutherford	UNH	[PDF]
	Searching for Multimessenger Sources with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory	Jessie Thwaites	WISC	[PDF]
4:00pm	End

Session Video

Day 2 – Missions and Technology

Tuesday, 20 November 2024

Time	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation
1:00pm	NASA Astrophysics Missions Portfolio	V. Connaughton	NASA HQ	[PDF]
1:20pm	Paths to PIship – BurstCube	J. Perkins	NASA / GSFC
1:40pm	Paths to PIship – TESS	G. Ricker	MIT	[PDF]
2:00pm	Break
2:10pm	Technology Development at NASA	J. Gaskin	NASA / MSFC	[PDF]
2:30pm	Technology Development at NASA	M. Errando	WUSTL	[PDF]
2:50pm	Break
3:00pm	POEMMA-Balloon with Radio, Towards a Space-Based Multi-Messenger Observatory	J. Eser	Chicago University	[PDF]
3:20pm	Early Career Scientists Presentations on Technology Projects	Nicole Osborn	WUSTL	[PDF]
	Grating Development and the Rockets for Extended-Source X-ray Spectroscopy	Drew Miles	Caltech	[PDF]
	Engineering at the Extremes: NASA Technology Development Across 30 Orders of Magnitude	Swati Ravi	MIT	[PDF]
4:00pm	End

Session Video

Day 3 – Careers

Tuesday, 21 November 2024

Time	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation
1:00pm	Career Overview	M. Clampin	NASA HQ	[PDF]
1:30pm	Life as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow	R. Pfeifle	NPP Fellow	[PDF]
1:45pm	Career Spotlight: Developing, Implementing, and Using New Technology for NASA Astrophysics Missions	C. Kilbourne	NASA / GSFC	[PDF]
2:00pm	NASA Career Forum: Astronomy Professor	L. Lopez	OSU	[PDF]
2:15pm	Break
2:25pm	Personal Career Experience	R. Petre	NASA / GSFC
2:55pm	Personal Career Experience	S. Vahidinia	NASA HQ
3:10pm	Break
3:15pm	Fellowships Are Great but YOU Are More Important	N. Cucchiara	NASA / GSFC	[PDF]
3:20pm	Breakout rooms to discuss careers experience in NASA, R1/nonR1 institution, other labs
4:00pm	End

Session Video

Workshop Posters

Title	Presenter	Presentation
AS-IF Origin Hypothesis through Scatter Texts and Opalescence Graphs	Roberto Guenzani	[PDF]
We select and characterize a large sample of Dust-Obscured Galaxies (DOGs) in the XMM-SERVS fields, leveraging superb multiwavelength data from X-rays to radio	Zhibo Yu	[PDF]
Takeaway: our results challenge the relevance of the merger-driven galaxy-SMBH coevolution framework for X-ray detected DOGs	Zhibo Yu	[PDF]
A JWST investigation into the bar fraction at redshifts 1 ≤ 𝑧 ≤ 3	Zoe A. Le Conte et al.	[PDF]
Modeling Exoplanet Transits using Bayesian Analysis: A Comprehensive Approach	Jasmine Freeman et al.	[PDF]

Workshop Scientific Organizing Committee

Athina Meli PhysPAG Executive Committee Chair	North Carolina A&T
David Pooley PhysPAG Executive Committee Vice Chair	Trinity University
Francesca Civano	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Brian Humensky	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bernard Kelly	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center