2021 Physicists Inspiring the Next Generation: Exploring the Nuclear Matter – Pre-College Students Perspectives*

The 2021 "Physicists Inspiring the Next Generation (PING): Exploring the Nuclear Matter" is held annually at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams/National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory in East Lansing, MI. It includes a two-week summer program and year-round research opportunities for high school students as well as a year round research component  for undergraduate students on basic and applied nuclear physics topics. The PING2021 Pre-College Students Perspectives includes oral presentations from 11 high school students from Florida, Michigan, Virginia, and New York who participated in the Summer program. The students will present results from their research and discuss their experiences in the program.