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Eleven of the 15 NPP Fellows are shown in this picture, along with front row left, Ms. Sandra L. Myers, NPP Program Manager, front row center, Dr. Robert Gibson, NPP Director, and back row left, Dr. Waldo Rodriguez, NPP COTR. Credit: NASA/Sandra Myers

Dr. Robert Gibson, NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Director from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, visited NASA's Langley Research Center on July 12-13, to conduct the annual NPP briefing and site visits. Sandra Myers, program manager of the NASA NPP at the center, and Dr. Waldo Rodriquez, COTR for the NPP, hosted the visit. On Thursday morning, July 12, 2012, Dr. Gibson provided a detailed briefing of the NPP to the NPP Fellows, their advisors, and guests at the NAV Center. The remainder of the two-day visit was devoted to individual site visits with each fellow providing a 20-minute briefing of his/her research, including lab visits and demonstrations. There are currently 15 NPP Fellows at the Center with two additional NPP Fellows scheduled to join the program in October.

Contracted and Managed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, the NASA Postdoctoral Program (http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc/) is an Agency-wide, one-to-three year fellowship appointment for highly talented national and international researchers to engage in on-going NASA research programs at NASA Centers, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institution. NPP Fellows at Langley are from several countries, including Austria, Republic of Belarus, China, Chile, France, India, Italy, Federation of Russia, South Korea, Spain, and the United States.

NASA Langley Point of Contact for the NPP is Sandra Myers, 864-7162, sandra.l.myers@nasa.gov.

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