KIPAC Alumni Career Panel

Watch the Zoom recording; Passcode: Z8jQc+3q.

Please join us for our first KIPAC Alumni Career Panel for AY2025-2026. This first panel aims to demonstrate the variety of ways that folks with astrophysics PhD’s can find successful careers across a range of sectors. 

The panel will be moderated by KIPAC Staff Scientist, Eric Charles, and feature:

• Deborah Bard - Science Engagement and Workflows Head, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• Kirk Barrow - Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
• Regina Caputo - Research Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Kiruthika Devaraj - VP of Engineering at Planet Labs
• Josh Shiode - Managing Director, KIPAC