Physics Advocacy in Action
At the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting in Sacramento, California, the APS Office of Public Affairs invited regional Congressional staff to attend to the Thursday, June 7, poster session.
Just like for a similar event at the March Meeting in Louisiana, the goal for these visits is to highlight the local impact of federal science funding by showcasing the research done by APS member grad students and postdocs at universities in the Congressional members’ state and/or district.
Five grad students and postdocs from California universities, including Melina Fuentes-Garcia of UC Riverside and Satcher Hsieh from UC Berkeley, presented their posters to regional Congressional staff for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. All presenters were able to tell their story of how federal funding impacted them through their research, education, and professional development, helping put human faces to this abstract issue of the budget.
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