Episode 2 of Season 2 is LIVE! On this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Dr. Charles Scaife! Charles is currently an ORISE/ORAU Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow at the US Dept. of Energy and was formerly a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow! He received his PhD from the University of Virginia and completed his undergrad at UNC Chapel Hill! Enjoy! Transcription Transcribed by Caden Sweet (he/him)
Season 2 is LIVE! On this week’s episode, I had a life-changing conversation with Prof. Christopher Jackson who is now a Professor at the University of Manchester in England! He is quite the celebrity in the geology world and is the FIRST Black scientist to give a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture which is a tradition started by Michael Faraday in 1825! Enjoy! Transcription Transcribed by Sarah L. Miller, Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“…the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Alexis Zukowski is a postdoc in the lab of Dr.Srinivas Ramachandran lab at the University of Colorado, Denver- Anschutz Medical Campus. Transcription
Dr. Alias Smith is an Associate Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In this episode, we chatted about his journey as both a student AND a mentor. Alias did his undergrad at the University of Missouri and pursued his PhD at UCLA. He made it clear that science isn’t just about producing great results, it’s about inspiring people to be creative. To be a scientist is to be human.
Justin Stewart is a queer, autistic microbiologist who has a burning passion for diversity and inclusion in STEM. Originally from Texas, USA, they made their way over to Amsterdam and is now doing great work on the MiCRop project! Enjoy! Transcription Transcribed by Robin Dara Brown (she/her) Justin: Hi, my name is Justin Stewart. I am a oh gosh, this gonna sound I’m stringing off all of like the things I am.