Pinchen Fan

Outreach/Service

Member, Science and Local Organizing Committees, Penn State SETI Symposium, State College, PA, August 18-21, 2025

Conference Chair, The 2024 Assembly of the Order of the Octopus, Green Bank, WV, August 8-12, 2024

I led the efforts to organize a conference for early-career SETI researchers, including securing funding (~$110k) for all conference costs and travel support for all attendees.

Member, NASA Study Analysis Group on Technosignatures Working Groups 3, 2024-Present

Member, Penn State Dept of Astronomy Colloquia and Department Talks Committee, 2023-Present

I help identify and invite colloquium and department talk speakers.

Member, Penn State Dept of Astronomy Outreach Group, 2022-Present

At Penn State, I participate in various astronomy outreach events where I give planetarium shows, run roof-top telescope observing sessions, and talk about exoplanet detection methods.

Member, Local Organizing Committee, Penn State SETI Symposium, State College, PA, June 19-22, 2023