2026 NRAO/GBO Postdoc Symposium

The 21st Postdoctoral Science Symposium will be held on April 28th-30th, 2026!

The meeting will be held at the NRAO Headquarters in Charlottesville, VA.
The annual symposium brings together the resident and non-resident Jansky fellows along with several other NRAO and UVA postdocs in order to highlight their current research, share ideas, and establish collaborations. NRAO scientific and engineering staff are encouraged to attend.

We are pleased to have Prof Sasha Tchekhovskoy from the Northwestern University as our Keynote Speaker this year!

Panelists participating in our career panel session are:

Sasha Tchekhovskoy (Northwestern)
Alyson Ford (Stewart Observatory)
Joseph Lazio (Univ. Michigan)
Satya Gontcho A Gontcho (University of Virginia)

Thanks to all the participants for a successful symposium. We hope to see everyone next year!

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The NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory and NSF Green Bank Observatory are facilities of the U.S. National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.