The African Light Source (AfLS) project was well represented at the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) conference in Providence, Rhode Island, held from November 14–17.
The ConferenceA program built for emerging scientists
The NSBP conference program is 30% professional development workshops and 70% technical. The professional development workshops aim to help students and faculty make the various transitions to becoming active scientists. The technical program features presentations across parallel sessions spanning a wide breadth of physics disciplines.
The DelegationFamiliar faces from across the AfLS community
Benson Frimpong and Joseph Daafuor are both working towards their M.S. degrees at the University of Ghana and are currently conducting their research at Stanford (SLAC).
RecognitionBest graduate student poster award
Best Graduate Student Poster — Photonics and Optical Physics
Benson and Joseph presented together and won the best graduate student poster award in the category of Photonics and Optical Physics. The award was presented by Donnell Walton, Ph.D., a representative of Corning, Inc., one of the major sponsors of the conference.
Looking AheadNSBP 2020 at Brookhaven National Laboratory
In 2020, the NSBP conference will be held from November 5–8 at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, NY. BNL is home to the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) — the newest third-generation light source constructed in the United States.
- Next conference
- NSBP 2020, November 5–8
- Venue
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY
- On site
- National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), the newest third-generation light source in the U.S.
