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Featured Speakers

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Aprille Joy Ericsson, PhD

OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

NASA scientist and keynote speaker
Saturday, October 26, 8:30a, Plaza Ballroom

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Instrument Systems and Technology Division
New Business Lead
Aerospace Engineer, Technologist, Project and Program Manager

Classrooms to Careers:
Leveraging mentorship and opportunity to help students succeed

Watch Aprille Joy Ericsson, PhD - Opening Keynote for the 2019 LSMRCE Conference on YouTube

Jessica Esquivel, PhD

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Fermilab scientist and keynote speaker
Saturday, October 26, 12:30p, Plaza Ballroom

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Muon g-2 Project Fermilab

Life as a Physicist:
The liminal space where physics and life collide

Watch Jessica Esquivel, PhD - Keynote at the LSMRCE 2019 Annual Conference on YouTube

Cammi Valdez, PhD

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PRESENTER

Student pre-conference presenter
Friday, October 25, 3:30p-5p ET, Plaza Suite

Director, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program;
Faculty Member, Department of Biological Sciences; Wellesley College

PhD! Why not me?