Announcements

Professional Skills Development for Women Physicists

Do you want to improve your negotiation skills?
Do you have great ideas that you want to communicate to your colleagues?

If so, the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics invites you to attend one of the workshops entitled "Professional Skills Development for Women in Physics."  These workshops will:

• Coach women in key skills that are needed to enhance their careers.
• Provide training in persuasive communication, negotiation, and leadership presented by experienced professionals, with an aim towards increasing the influence of female physicists within their own institutions.
• Provide a special opportunity for networking among participants.

Workshops in 2009 will each have one session aimed at women post-docs in physics and one session aimed at tenured women faculty in physics.  Workshops will be offered on Sunday, March 15 (Pittsburgh) and on May 1 (Denver) in association with the APS Annual Meetings.  Deadline to apply for the March is workshop December 5, 2008; the deadline to apply for the April workshop is January 5, 2009.  First consideration will be given to applications received by the deadlines.  Women of color are especially encouraged to apply.

Workshops will be limited in size for optimal benefits.  Participants are eligible to receive a stipend to help cover the cost of travel and up to two nights lodging.  

Professional Skills Development Workshop Information  

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Now Appearing in RMP: Recently Posted Review and Colloquia

Read the following in Reviews of Modern Physics.

Colloquium: Andreev reflection and Klein tunneling in graphene

C.W.J. Beenakker

This Colloquium describes the underlying physics of two electronic processes that occur in a carbon monolayer (graphene): the electron‑to‑hole conversion at an interface with a superconductor (Andreev reflection) and the tunneling through a p‑n junction (Klein tunneling). Both processes have an analog in relativistic quantum mechanics, and the excitations occurring in each of them are described by a variant of the Dirac equation for massless fermions. Furthermore, the chiral tunneling in normal and superconducting junctions in graphene is discussed from a unified perspective.

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APS March Meeting Job Fair

Date:  March 16-17, 2009
Place: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Register: Employers or Job Seekers
APS March Meeting Job Fair Information

APS Congressional Science Fellowship 2009-2010

Deadline: January 15, 2009

THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY is currently accepting applications for the Congressional Science Fellowship Program. Fellows serve one year on the staff of a senator, a representative or of a congressional committee. They are afforded an opportunity to learn the legislative process and explore science policy issues from the lawmakers' perspective. In turn, Fellows have the opportunity to lend scientific and technical expertise to public policy issues. 

QUALIFICATIONS include a PhD or equivalent in physics or a closely related field, a strong interest in science and technology policy and, ideally, some experience in applying scientific knowledge toward the solution of societal problems. Fellows are required to be US citizens and members of the APS.

TERM OF APPOINTMENT is one year, beginning in September of 2009 with participation in a two-week orientation sponsored by AAAS. Fellows have considerable choice in congressional assignments.

A STIPEND is offered in addition to allowances for relocation, in-service travel, and health insurance premiums.

APPLICATION should consist of a letter of intent of no more than 2-pages, a 2-page resume with one additional page for publications, and three letters of reference. Please see Congressional Science Fellowships for detailed information on materials required for applying and other information on the program.

All application materials must be submitted online by January 15, 2009.