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Curriculum Vitae: Saeqa Dil Vrtilek Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 EDUC 1982-1985 1977-1978 1970-1974 ATION: D.Phil, M.Phil Astronomy, Columbia University M.A. Physics, Brandeis University B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tel.: (617)495-7094 Fax: (617)496-7577 E-Mail: svrtilek@cfa.harvard.edu

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CURRENT POSITIONS: Astrophysicist, High Energy Astrophysics Division, SAO Associate, Harvard College Observatory Lecturer, Department of Physics, Northeastern University

PREVIOUS POSITIONS: 2005-2007 Director, NSF Research Exp eriences for Undergraduates (REU) and Teachers (RET) programs at SAO 1995-1996 NSF Visiting Associate Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University 1993-1995 NSF Visiting Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Maryland Spring 1990 MPE Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. 1986-1988 National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Resident Research Associate, Lab oratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC Fall 1983 Visiting Scientist, Department of Astronomy, Oxford University. 1983 Summer Faculty, Department of Astronomy, Columbia University. 1979-1982 Senior Progammer, Radio & Geo Division, SAO 1979 Sp onsored Research Staff, Center for Space Research, MIT 1975-1977 Research Assistant, Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University HONORS/AWARDS: 2014 AAS Shapley Lecturer, Newfondland 2012 AAS Shapley Lecturer, Indiana 2010 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2005 AAS Shapley Lecturer. 1993-1996 Visiting Professorship for Women, National Science Foundation. 1991-1992 Marie Curie Fellow, American Association of University Women. 1988-1989 Science Scholar, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College 1983-1984 Amelia Earhart Fellow, Zonta International 1984-1985 Amelia Earhart Fellow, Zonta International PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 2001Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1994American Association for the Advancement of Science 1991International Astronomical Union 1991American Association of University Women 1986-1990 New York Academy of Sciences 1984-1991 Royal Astronomical Society 1984American Physical Society


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GRANTS/CONTRACTS: Principal Investigator 2013-2014 "The Disk-Jet Connection in X-ray Binaries" Smithsonian Comp etitive Grants Program for Science." $79,800.00 (p ending) 2010-2011 "Increasing the Visibility of Women in Science." Smithsonian Women's Program Committee. $10,000.00 2010-2011 "Modulation tomography: imaging black hole binaries." Smithsonian Scholarly Studies. $36,900.00 2007-2010 "The Sp ectral Energy Distributin of X-ray Binaries" Smithsonian Endowment. $41,113. 2007-2010 "Inflows and Outflows in X-ray Binaries: Getting the Big Picture" NASA ROSES ADP. $223,100. 2007-2010 "Sup erorbital Variation of LMC X-4: Exploring the Accretion Flow" NASA Suzaku Cycle 2. $23,200. 2005 "The Location and Spatial Structure of X-ray Emitting Plasma" Chandra AO6. $30,289 (replacing FRH). 2005 "X-ray Emission from Fast Moving Shocks in the Protostellar Jet HH154." Chandra AO6. $22,353 (replacing FRH). 2005 "The Issue of Coronal Abundances." Chandra AO5. $19,472 (replacing FRH). 2005 "Activity Cycles and Maunder Minima Stars" XMM AO5. $13,453 (replacing FRH). 2005 "X-ray Monitoring of Saturated M Dwarfs" XMM AO4. $9,629 (replacing FRH). 2005-2008 "Modulation Tomography of X-ray Binaries" 3-year NSF grant. $236,618. 2004 "Coronal Emission from Saturated Stars" XMM AO3. $8,684 (replacing FRH). 2001 "Chandra Grating Sp ectroscopy of X-ray Binaries" Chandra AO3 Archival, ($70,000.00 at SAO). 2000 "Sp ectral Variability of a sup ergiant X-ray Binary" AXAF AO1. $9,900. 2000 "X-ray Sp ectra of Newly-Detected DQ Her ob jects" 2000 "High Resolution UV/X-ray Sp ectroscopy of SMC X-1", Chandra AO2, ($54,000.00 at SAO). 2000 "High Resolution UV/X-ray Sp ectroscopy of SMC X-1", HST Cycle 9, ($80,396.00 at SAO). 1999 "Sp ectroscopy of Low Mass X-ray Binaries: New Insights Into Accretion" XMM AO1, ($44,700.00 at SAO). 1999 "High Resolution X-ray Sp ectroscopy of Compact Binaries". AXAF AO1 ($58,700.00 at SAO). 1997 "Sp ectroscopy of Hercules X-1/HZ Herculis" NASA (XTE AO4), ($9,896.00 at SAO). 1997-2002 "The Physics of Accretion in Compact Ob jects", NASA (Long-Term Space Astrophysics Program, Senior) ($567,000.00 at SAO). 1996 "4U1700-37 with ASCA/STIS/XTE: Wind Instabilities in a Sup ergiant Binary" (ASCA A05), ($19,000.00 at SAO); This observation was delayed a year for coordination with HST but ASCA died b efore this could b e arranged. 1996 "High Resolution Ultraviolet Sp ectroscopy of Hercules X-1/HZ Herculis", (HST Cycle 7), ($173,000.00 at SAO). 1996 "UV Echos of X-ray Pulsars: LMC X-4", (HST Cycle 5), ($51,332.00 at SAO). 1995 "UV/X-ray Sp ectroscopy of Cyg X-2", (HST Cycle 5), ($47,524.00 at SAO). 1995 "The UV Energy Distribution of White Dwarfs: DP Leo, U Gem, and OY Car", (HST Archival), ($46,560.00 at UMD).


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"UV Echos of X-ray Pulsars: LMC X-4", NASA (ASCA AO3), ($18,635.00 at UMD). "X-ray/UV Sp ectroscopy of Cyg X-2", NASA (ASCA AO3), ($18,635.00 at UMD). "Accretion Disk Dynamics of Her X-1", NASA (ASCA AO2) ($10,000.00 at UMD). "Lines and Edges in the Sp ectra of X-ray Binaries", NASA (ASCA AO1), ($10,000.00 at UMD). "Pulse Phase Sp ectroscopy of LMC X-4", NASA (ASCA AO1), ($5,000.00 at UMD). "Multiwavelength Observations of Her X-1", NASA (IUE), ($1,500.00 at UMD). "Multiwavelength Studies of Her X-1", NASA (R OSAT AO4), ($22,000.00 at UMD). "Multiwavelength Studies of X-ray Binaries", NSF, ($169,800.00 at UMD). "EUV Observations of Her X-1", NASA (EUVE), ($44,478.00 at UMD). "Multiwavelength Sp ectroscopy of X-ray Binaries", NASA (Long-Term Space Astrophysics Data Program ), ($453,900.00 at SAO). "Soft X-ray Emission from Boundary Layers in Cataclysmic Variables", NASA (ROSAT AO2), ($18 ,000.00 at SAO). "Soft X-ray Emission from Boundary Layers in Cataclysmic Variables", NASA (ROSAT AO1), ($22 ,742.00 at SAO). "Multiwavelength Studies of Sco X-1", NASA (IUE), ($15,800.00 at SAO). "Multiwavelength Studies of Cyg X-2", NASA (IUE), ($36,500.00 at SAO). "Circumsource Structure of Her X-1 and Cen X-3", NASA (Astrophysics Data Program), ($5,000.00 at NASA/GSFC).

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GRANTS/CONTRACTS: Co-Investigator "A Chandra HETGS Study of LMC X-4 : Binary Disk and Wind Prop erties and Studies of Grain Distribution at Small Angles" Chandra AO8, (PI=J.C.Lee). "The star-forming region: NGC 1893" Chandra AO7, (PI=G. Micela; replacing FRH). "X p ersei: The X-ray Halo and Sp ectrum of a High latitude X-ray Binary." XMM AO3, (PI=R. Smith). "High Resolution Observations of X-Per" XMM AO2, (PI=R. Smith). "Understanding the Engine of Growth in Planetary Nebulae" Chandra AO3, (PI=J. Kastner). "Far-UV Sp ectroscopy of Hercules X-1" FUSE Cycle 2, (PI=B. Boroson). "Far-UV Sp ectroscopy of Scorpius X-1" FUSE Cycle 2, (PI=B. Boroson). "X-ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae" AXAF AO1, (PI=J. Kastner). "X-ray/UV Echo Mapping of Cygnus X-1", RXTE Cycle 5, (PI=Boroson). "Wind Ionization in High Mass X-ray Binaries" FUSE Cycle 1, (PI=B. Boroson). "Sp ectroscopy of Hercules X-1/HZ Herculis", EUVE (AO6), (PI-B. Boroson). "Sp ectroscopy of Hercules X-1/HZ Herculis", XTE (AO4), (PI-M. Still). "Simultaneous STIS/XTE monitoring of 4U1700-37", (XTE AO2), (PI-M. Corcoran at GSFC). "X-ray/UV Sp ectroscopy of Cyg X-2; a Coordinated Campaign with XTE, HST and ASCA", (XTE AO1), (PI-A. Smale at GSFC). "UV Sp ectroscopy of Sco X-1", (HST AO5), (PI-T. Kallman at GSFC). "The Sp ectrum of the Low Mass X-ray Binary Serp ens X-1", (ASCA AO2), (PI-T. Kallman at GSFC).


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"Study of the Soft X-ray Sp ectrum of Hercules X-1", (ROSAT AO4), (PI-P. Kahabka at MPE). "The Boundary Layer Emission of Nova-like Variables", NASA (EUVE), (PI-J. Raymond) ($37,254.00 at SAO). "Accretion Geometries of Long-Period Am Her Stars", NASA (IUE),(PI-J. Raymond) ($14,000.00 at SAO). "A Search for X-ray Pulsars", NASA (EXOSAT), (PI-J. Patterson) ($10,000.00 at Columbia).

CITIZENSHIP: US MEMBERSHIP ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES Internal: 2009Memb er, Center for Astrophysics Telescop e Allocation committee 2005 Lead for Compact Ob jects section for CfA Science Strategic Planning Committee. 2004-2005 Chair, CfA Pre-doctoral Oversight Committee 2003-2004 Chair, CfA Fellowship Selection Committee 2003-2004 Chair, CfA Pre-doctoral Selection Committee 2002-2003 Memb er, CfA p ost and pre-doctoral Selection Committee 1994 Astronomy Advisory Committee, University of Maryland. (Memb ers: M. Leventhal (Dept. Chair), R. Bell, S. Vogel, S. Vrtilek, J. Stone) the purp ose of this committee was the design of a 10-year strategic plan for the Department as requested by the Dean of the College of Mathematics and Sciences to b e incorp orated into a 10-year plan for the College (10 departments). 1993-1995 Astronomy Department Representative, UMD Outreach Program. 1991-1993 Co-chair, CfA Colloquium Series. 1990-1992 Coordinator, SAO Women's Program, CfA. External: 2013 Hubble Space Telescop e, Cycle 21, Panel Chair, memb er of TAC 2011-2013 Memb er, Committee on Sections, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2011-2012 Chair, APS Maria Goepp ert Mayer Fellowship Selection Committee. 2010-2018 Secretary-Treasurer, Astronomy Section, AAAS. 2009-2012 Memb er, Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, American Physical Society (Guest editor for Summer 2010 Newsletter, article "Quality & Quantity: Participation of Women and Minorities in Science. (Chair, sub committee on site visits; visits to physics departments of Los Alamos, UCSB, Argonne, NCSU) 2006 Nominating Committee of the AAAS. 2004 Chandra Cycle 6 Peer Review, Panel Chair 2003 RXTE Cycle 9 Peer Review, Panel Chair 2001 NASA Headquarters ADP/LTSA Review, Panel Chair. 1998 NASA Senior Review 1997-2009 Secretary-treasurer AAAS Section D (Astronomy). 1995-1998 American Astronomical Society representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1995-1997 AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships Awards Panel. 1995-1996 Nominating Committee for the High Energy Astrophysis Division of the AAS.


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NASA Mission Concepts Review I have served as memb er on an additional 21 NASA and NSF p eer review panels. REFEREEING: Referee for Astrophysical Journal (Letters), Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal (Supplement), Nature, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEETINGS/SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES Memb er of Program Committee, APS March 2012 meeting. "STEM outreach to underrepresented minorities". Session organizer. APS 2012 March meeting. "Population Explosion: The Nature and Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments," Scientific Organizing Committee. St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, 28 Oct - 2 Nov, 2007. "Astronomy Nexus: Connecting with Colleagues and the Cosmos. Sp ecial event at the AAAS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Feb 19, 2006. "Great Space Observatories: Challenges and Rewards" scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, Feb 19, 2006. "Astrotomography: New Techniques for Imaging Ob jects in Space" scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb 19, 2005. "Women of Science: Shattering the Glass Ceiling" scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Feb 15, 2002. "The X-ray Universe at Sharp Focus", Scientific Organizing Committee and coeditor of the proceedings, St. Paul, MN., July 16-18, 2001. "New Views of the Invisible Universe: First Light from Chandra" co-organizer, scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb. 17-22, 2000. "Taking the Pulse of the Universe: The First Year of Results from the Rossi Xray Timing Explorer" scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington February 13-18, 1997. "All Eyes on the Universe: Multiwavelength Astrophysics" scientific session for the AAAS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 8-13, 1996. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Formal courses taught: Fall 2013 Phy 1111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science science ma jors at Northeastern University. Fall 2012 Phy 1111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science science ma jors at Northeastern University. Spring 2012 Phy 1111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science science ma jors at Northeastern University. Fall 2011 Phy 1111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science science ma jors at Northeastern University. Fall 2010 Phy U111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science science ma jors at Northeastern University.

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Spring 2010 Phy U111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science requirement for nonscience ma jors at Northeastern University. Fall 2009 Phy U111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science requirement for nonscience ma jors at Northeastern University. Spring 2009 Phy U121 (Introduction to Science) Science requirement for nonscience ma jors at Northeastern University. Fall 2008 Phy U111 (Introduction to Astronomy) Science requirement for nonscience ma jors at Northeastern University. Spring 1995. Astronomy 440: Stellar Structure. University of Maryland Visiting Associate Professor. A senior level course for astronomy ma jors. Fall 1994. Astronomy 688: X-ray Astronomy. University of Maryland Visiting Associate Professor. A graduate course on X-ray astronomy, including in particular the radiative processes of imp ortance in X-ray production. This was a new course offering that I designed. Summer 1983. Astronomy 100: Introduction to Astronomy. Columbia University Summer Faculty. Science requirement for non-science ma jors. 1978-1979. Physics 18a/19a: Introductory labratory. Full resp onsible for section as graduate teaching fellow. 1972-1973. Physics 8.01 (Mechanics) and 8.02 (E&M) Undergraduate teaching assistant. Guest lectures in formal courses: Octob er 26, 2013. Seminar for Statistics 310 Harvar (by video), University of California, Irvine. Summer 2013. Seminar for Harvard Department of Summer 2011. Seminar for Harvard Department of Summer 2008. Seminar for Harvard Department of Summer 2006. Seminar for Harvard Department of Summer 2005. Seminar for Harvard Department of Summer 2004. Seminar for Harvard Department of Spring 1996. Two seminars as part of Astronomy Harvard University as Visiting Associate Professor.

d University and Statistics 281 Continuing Education. Continuing Education Continuing Education. Continuing Education. Continuing Education. Continuing Education. 97hf (Sophomore Tutorial) at

Students and postdoctoral fel lows supervised Undergraduate students Summer 2009, Li-Wei Hung (Ohio State). SAO REU intern. "Suzaku X-ray sp ectra and pulse profile variations during the sup erorbital cycle of LMC X-4" (Hung, Hickox, Boroson, & Vrtilek), 2010 Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), 720, 1202. Li-Wei won an award for b est student p oster at the meetinig "Chandra's Decade of Discovery", 22-25 Sept, 2009 Bos, MA. She is currently a graduate student at UCLA Summer 2006. Adrienne Hunacek (MIT). SAO REU intern. "UV observations of the X-ray photoionized wind of Cyg X-1" (Vrtilek, Boroson, Hunacek, Geiss, & Bolton) 2008 ApJ, 678, 1248. Adriene obtained a law degree in 2010 from Boston College. Summer 2004, Joey Neilsen (Kenyon College). SAO REU intern. "Phase variations in the pulse profile of SMC X-1" (Neilsen, Hickox, & Vrtilek) 2004 ApJ Letters, 616, 135. Joey received his PhD from Harvard University 2011, and is currently a p ostdoctoral fellow at Boston U. Summer 2002, Holly Maness (Grinnel College). SAO REU intern. "Nebular vs. Stellar Wind Abundances in NGC 654", 2003 Publications of the Astronomical Society of


the Pacific (PASP), 115, 1002. "Abundance Anomalies in the X-ray Sp ectra of the planetary nebulae NGC7027 and BD+30 3639" (Maness, Vrtilek, Kastner, & Soker) 2003 ApJ, 589, 439. Holly was a Barry Goldwater Scholar from 2002-2004 and received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 2010. She is currently a p ostdoctoral fellow at UCB. Summer 2001, Serena Eley (Caltech), Smithsonian Institution minority intern. Serena received her PhD in Physics in 2012 from University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently at Sandia National Lab. Summer 1999. Diana Maxwell (Op en University). Visiting student. Diana completed her PhD in Astronomy from the Op en University (UK) in 2002. Summer 1999, Michael Preciado (Tufts University). Smithsonian Institution minority intern. "The UV light curve of LMC X-4: X-ray heating of the star and accretion disk" (Preciado, Boroson, & Vrtilek) 2002 PASP, 2002, 340. Graduate students 2012- Joshua Schroeder (Columbia University, New York) Smithsonian pre-doctoral fellow. Black widow pulsars; finding the heaviest neutron star. A pap er is in preparation. 2011- Charith Peris (Northeastern University, Boston) Smithsonian pre-doctoral fellow "Tomographic study of V691 CrA" (Peris & Vrtilek) 2012 MNRAS, 427, 1043. "Variability of the accretion disk of V926 Sco inferred from tomographic analysis." (Calvelo, Peris, & Vrtilek) 2013, ApJ, 177, 761. Academic year 2012-2013: Stewart Buchan (University of Southampton). Masters student: Multivariate study of XRBs Stewart received his Masters in 2013. A pap er is in preparation. Acamedic year 2012-2013: Jan Cechura (Charles University, Prague) Smithsonian pre-doctoral fellow. A comparisoon of Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3. Academic year 2011-2012: Sam Connolly (University of Southampton). Masters studenti (degree received 2012). "Variability of the accretion disk of V926 Sco inferred from tomographic analysis." (Calvelo, Peris, & Vrtilek) 2013, ApJ, 177, 761. Sam is currently a graduate student at Southampton. 2011-2012: Petri Savolainen (Aalto University). SAO Pre-doc. Memb er of PRRC. 2009-2012: Herb ert Paolo (Iowa State). SAO Pre-doc. Chair of pre-doctoral research review committee (PRRC). 2008-2009: Karri Kaljonen (Aalto University). SAO Pre-doc. Memb er of PRRC. Karri received his PhD in 2013. Academic year 2008-2009: Dan Calvelo (University of Southampton). Masters student (degree received 2009). "Doppler and modulation tomography of XTE J1118+480 in quiescence" (Calvelo, Vrtilek, Neilsen, Torres, Steeghs, Hernandez, & Fillip enko) 2009, MNRAS, 399, 539. Dan received his his PhD in 2012 from Southampton and is currently a p ostdoctoral fellow there. Summer 2006: Joey Neilsen (Harvard University), 2nd year Research pro ject "The eccentric accretion disk of the black hole A0620-00" (Neilsen, Steeghs, & Vrtilek) 2008 MNRAS, 384, 849. "Sp ectroscopic signatures of the sup erorbital p eriod in the neutron star binary LMC X-4" (Neilsen, Lee, Nowak, Dennerl, & Vrtilek) 2009 ApJ, 696, 182. Neilsen received the AAS Chambliss award for his p oster on this topic. He received his PhD from Harvard in 2011, served one year as a p ostdoctoral fellow at MIT and is currently a p ost-doc at Boston University. Summer 2004: Ryan Hickox (Harvard University). "Pulse-phase sp ectroscopy of SMC X-1 with Chandra and XMM: reprocessing by a precessing disk?" (Hickox & Vrtilek) 2005 ApJ, 637, 1148. Ryan received his PhD from Harvard in 2007 and is currently on the


faculty at Dartmouth. 1994-2001. Damian Audley (UMd). Chair of 2nd year pro ject: "Pulse phase sp ectroscopy of Cen X-3." 1994-2001. Chun Xu (UMd). Chair of 2nd year pro ject: "Pulse Phase Sp ectroscopy of Her X-1 and LMC X-4 with ASCA". Academic year 1994-1995. Scott Miller (UMd). Chair of 2nd year pro ject: "Rosat observations of discrete X-ray sources in NGC 1313." Scott is currently on the faculty at Sam Houston State University. I have worked with 11 high scho ol students, 7 went on to undergraduate programs in science. I have sup ervised 4 p ost-doctoral fellows (Andrew Silb er, FuHua Chang, Bram Boroson, and Hannah Quaintrell). PUBLIC OUTREACH: In addition to these professional educational activities, I have also participated in programs to introduce a broader public to science, and esp ecially to encourage primary and secondary school students to consider careers in science. I have given numerous talks at high schools in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Virginia. As a memb er of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (20092012), and as Chair of their Site Visit Committee, I take every opp ortunity to mentor and advance the cause of underrepresented groups. As secretary-treasurer of the Astronomy section of the AAAS since 1997 I have organized many symp osia for general audiences. Served as judge for the FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) Rob otics Comp etition held Boston, MA, 2006-2010. Served on a panel discussing Minority Women in Science for Cambridge Cable Television. Aug 9, 2006 Cambridge, MA. Memb er of Consulting Service for Young Astronomers' at the 26th General Assembly of the IAU. Aug 17-25, 2006 Prague, Czech Republic. Judge for the World Year of Physics Talent Search sp onsored by the APS, 2005. Panelist for ICAN Career Advice and Networking Event March 1, 2005, MIT. "My career as a scientist", MIT Alumni Panel, MIT, Monday, January 26, 2004. As astronomy department representative to the UMD outreach program I organized a symp osium for High School women and minorities on Careers in the Physical Sciences and Engineering at the University of Maryland that took place on March 11, 1995. 25 sp eakers and panel memb ers (including NASA Chief Scientist France Cordova, the Deans for Undergraduate Studies and the College of Science, and professors and scientists from the University of Maryland, Goddard Space Flight Center, NSF, and the Space Telescop e Science Institute) gave talks on their exp eriences in pursuing science and science-related careers. Over 150 high school students, teachers, and parents attended this event. In collab oration with the Women's Program Committee at the CfA I organized a workshop on Astronomy for high school women held on May 16, 1992. Approximately 80 students and teachers attended this meeting. As chair of the Women's Program Committee at the CfA I organized series of colloquia (called "Summer Stars") in 1991 and 1992 that were primarily aimed for an undergraduate audiencs. Summer lecture series for undergraduates continues at the CfA. For two years (1990-1991) I was a memb er of Science-By-Mail, a program organized by the Boston Museum of Science which teams scientists with elementary school students.