Chelen Johnson
Mining current optical and infrared databases to find variable active galactic nuclei.
The experience I had at the 2012 AAS meeting as well as the entire NITARP experience will change the way I teach astronomy. Having spent 5 days meeting and discussing authentic scietific research with so many people from many different facilities was extremely rejuvinating as an educator.
My robotics students are very wowed by the fact that I met a flight director for the Mars Curiosity Rover.
My general impression is how big and varied the whole conference was. I knew the number coming in—but sometimes our imagination fails us. To see all the posters, papers, booths, and talks was truly astonishing.