Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2023
Volume 68, Number 3
Las Vegas, Nevada (March 5-10)
Virtual (March 20-22); Time Zone: Pacific Time
Session M51: What Do Early Career Physicists Do?Careers Invited Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIAP FECS Chair: Andrew Seredinski, Wentworth Inst of Tech Room: Room 321 |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
M51.00001: My Path to D. E. Shaw Research or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Small Molecules Invited Speaker: Elizabeth R Decolvenaere Considering a career in industry? Thinking of switching fields after graduate school? How about doing both at the same time? |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
M51.00002: The Time Evolution of Olivia and Joining the Quantum Workforce Invited Speaker: Olivia Lanes My path to my current role, as the North American Lead at IBM Quantum, started back in 11th grade when I watched Cosmos on DVD for the first time and decided then and there to become a physicist. In my career I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work in the emerging field of quantum computing in many aspects: I teach summer schools, make YouTube videos, and conduct research both on hardware and through the Qiskit SDK. While I didn't even know a job like this would be an option back when I was in 11th grade, I will discuss how following your instincts and passions can lead to a fulfilling, if non-traditional career. This talk will focus half on the winding road I took through college and grad school to eventually end up studying both quantum computing and STEM education, and half on best practices to be successful at internships, job applications, and interviews. |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
M51.00003: The emerging role of public-private partnerships in fusion energy R&D Invited Speaker: Walter Guttenfelder Fusion energy remains a promising solution as one component of a decarbonized energy market. The past five years have seen a significant evolution in fusion energy research and development. For example, using inertial confinement implosions, 1.3 MJ of fusion energy was produced at the National Ignition Facility with conditions approaching ignition. 59 MJ of fusion energy was produced using magnetically confined plasmas at the Joint European Torus hosted in the UK. Large bore high temperature superconductor magnets have been developed by private companies, achieving on-coil magnetic field strengths of 20 Tesla. In parallel, there has been a rapid growth of investment-backed private fusion companies, enabled by the decades of research in the federal program. Cumulatively these companies have raised over $5B of capital with an average annual spending that now surpasses that of the federal U.S. fusion program. Stimulated by these developments, new public-private partnership programs have been initiated, with support at all levels from the research community up to the White House, so that private industry can more directly engage with the expertise and resources located at national labs and universities. Such programs provide a means to exploit the strengths of both public and private sectors: the expertise and infrastructure to support foundational R&D in the government program, and the ability to move fast and take bigger risks in the private industry as they push aggressively to commercialize fusion energy in time to decarbonize the planet by 2050. In this talk I will describe a variety of these public-private partnership activities, which are based off similar existing cost-share-based programs in other fields. I will also highlight the critical importance of nurturing and growing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive multi-disciplinary workforce that will be required to support the rapidly growing fusion ecosystem. |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
M51.00004: What is it like to work at a startup? Invited Speaker: Sara Bartolucci Over the last few years scientific startups have become increasingly important players across many research fields, offering new options for careers in science. As this is a relatively new career path, those of us considering it often have one big question: "What is it like to work at a startup?". In this talk I give my own answer to it, drawing on my experience of more than five years working on photonic quantum computing at PsiQuantum and highlighting some of the most important learnings I got along the way. |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
M51.00005: Herding QATS – How your research turns into Quantum-Augmented Technology Solutions Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Iwasawa This talk will cover just about all the non-standard paths you can take through physics. Dr. Iwasawa started her career with an undergraduate degree in creative writing and followed a path through material science, high-energy particle physics, maritime autonomy, and now works as Leidos' Quantum Technology Lead and as a research scientist. Here she leverages her diverse background and skillset to bring cutting edge quantum research to revolutionize the toughest problems across security, fundamentally change communications, or be integrated into satellites or autonomous vehicles. She will use this talk show you the many ways scientists can be involved in driving that change from academia, to start ups, collaborations with national labs, and internal research and development. |
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