Two LLNL Physicists named American Physical Society Career Mentoring Fellows
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Ben Zhu (left) and Veronika Kruse (right) attended the American Physical Society Division of the Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) conference in Denver, Colorado. They are seen with Dr. Midhat Farooq (middle) who is the Senior Careers Program Manager at the American Physical Society.
PLS staff physicists Ben Zhu and Veronika Kruse were selected by the American Physical Society (APS) as Career Mentoring Fellows for 2023-2024. Ben belongs to PLS’s Fusion Sciences program and Veronika is in the High Energy Density Science section.
Part of their duties involve attending selected APS conferences such as the Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) meeting, evaluating student posters at conferences, providing career guidance for undergraduate or graduate students at the job fair desk, and presenting a physics careers talk at an institution of their choosing. Fellows play an integral part in being a resource for young researchers in physics and providing personal career perspectives and insights that may not necessarily reflect an academic track.
