Chelen Johnson
The Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team (LADDT) : combining UV, optical, and near infrared data for active galactic nuclei to look for a relation between the color of their accretion disks, the emission from their dust and their luminosity.
The surprising part of our research was the time we spent on communication, and the value of saying something out-loud has to understanding it.
I kept wishing this program had been available when I was a kid. Wanting to be a scientist, I had no role model or support and never pursued it.
NITARP is the most intense and satisfying professional development programs I have participated in.
