Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: The Early Universe Laboratory: Primordial Phenomena as Probes of New Physics

博士后奖学金：MPS-Ascend：早期宇宙实验室：原始现象作为新物理学的探针

• 批准号: 2317018
• 负责人: Sarah Geller
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Geller, Sarah R
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2317018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; MPS; Ascend; Early

Sarah Geller is awarded an NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to conduct a program of research and activities related to broadening participation by members of groups underrepresented in STEM. This fellowship to Dr. Geller supports her research project entitled “Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: The Early Universe Laboratory: Primordial Phenomena as Probes of New Physics” under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is the University of California, Santa Cruz and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Stefano Profumo. Dr. Geller will pursue a research project to study cosmological phenomena which are relics of the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang, including primordial black holes, first-order phase transitions, and gravitational waves. She plans to identify the generic features characterizing large classes of early universe models and to make predictions to compare with forthcoming measurements, helping to determine the plausibility of various early-universe scenarios for early-universe physics. Dr. Geller will bring a workshop series that she co-created at MIT to UC Santa Cruz. This workshop series, entitled "Filling the GAPS", is designed to teach application and professional skills to senior undergraduate students with an emphasis on providing mentorship to members of under-represented groups, including students who identify as members of traditionally underserved groups in STEM, women, and students with disabilities. She will teach a two-quarter course on professional skills and strategies at the graduate student level. In addition, she will design and build an (eventually open source) interactive accessibility app which will allow students and visitors to navigate accessible routes around campus, beginning with UC Santa Cruz.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

莎拉·盖勒（Sarah Geller）被授予NSF数学和物理科学，上升博士后研究奖学金，以开展与STEM中代表性不足的团体成员扩大参与有关的研究和活动计划。在赞助科学家的指导下，与Geller博士的这一奖学金支持她的研究项目，名为“博士后奖学金：MPS-ASCEND：早期宇宙实验室：原始现象作为新物理学的探针”。奖学金的主持机构是加利福尼亚大学圣克鲁斯分校，赞助科学家是Stefano Profumo博士。 Geller博士将追求一个研究项目，以研究宇宙学现象，这是大爆炸之后第一秒的遗物，包括原始的黑洞，一阶相变和引力波。她计划确定表征大量早期宇宙模型的通用特征，并做出与即将进行的测量相比的预测，有助于确定早期美因物理学的各种早期宇宙场景的合理性。 Geller博士将带来她在麻省理工学院共同创建的研讨会系列，将其与UC Santa Cruz一起。这个题为“填补差距”的研讨会系列旨在向高级本科生教授申请和专业技能，重点是为代表性不足的团体成员提供精神训练，其中包括那些确定为STEM，妇女和有责任生学生的传统成员的学生。她将在研究生一级的专业技能和策略中教授四分之一的课程。此外，她将设计并建立一个（最终开源）交互式可访问性应用程序，该应用程序将允许学生和访客在校园周围的可访问路线，从UC Santa Cruz开始。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来诚实地支持。