Erin talks about how speaking at Comic-Con and Dragon Con led her to create a YouTube series explaining science in science fiction. She explains the science behind the Heisenberg compensator in Star Trek. She talks about her career as a science consultant for the entertainment industry. Erin explains gravitational waves and the recently announced discoveries as well as some of the related postdoctoral research work she did in the area. Erin says representation matters, and she makes a conscious effort to mentor young kids. Diversity is not great in astrophysics. She says growing up, she had to rely on fictional characters like Captain Janeway as mentors. Visit stemdiversitypodcast.com.