Beyond the Microscope - A podcast featuring women in STEM

Happy New Year, loyal listeners! Farewell 2017, and good riddance.

We’re starting off 2018 with Adriana Bankston an PhD who works on science policy. She is a member of the Board of Directors at Future of Research, an organization interested in improving the structure of academic science.

Adriana has a PhD in biology from Emory and was a postdoc at the University of Louisville.

Join us for a discussion on postdoc policies, how universities can do better and what the future holds in store for academia.

Happy Tuesday, dearest listeners!

We’ve got a brand new space-centric episode with Dr. Tracy Becker, a postdoctoral fellow at the Southwest Research Institute working in space science.

Join us for a chat about UV light, the Cassini spacecraft, and the wonders of Europa.

We should add, we talked to Tracy before Cassini said its final farewell. But not to worry, we chatted about what you do after your source of date flies off into space.

 

G’day mates!

Today’s guest is Dr. Megan Sebben. She’s a project officer at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Australian federal government agency for scientific research. But that’s a new gig for her.

When we chatted with Megan, she was working as a hydrogeologist and groundwater modeller in Melbourne at the environmental sciences firm CDM Smith. Join us as we talk about water shortages, climate change and science communication.

Oh and pet rocks.

Aviation fans, rejoice!

In today’s episode, we enter Mumu’s wheelhouse (propeller-house?) with a chat with The Drone Girl, Sally French.

Actually, it’s Lindsay’s wheelhouse too. Sally is a journalist, blogger and all-around drone fanatic.

We dig in to the latest FAA rules for pilots and flying, how drone tech has changed over the years and whether Amazon will be delivering by drone anytime soon.

And maybe the best part, we declare a future of drone racing and obstacle courses, complete with nerf guns.

Enjoy!

Bonus video:

Check out the kind of journalism that can be done with drones.

Hi friends! We have a fun new episode today with guest Amy Strauss, a PhD student in organismic and evolutionary biology at UMass Amherst. Amy studies bird songs in sparrows. Listen in as we discuss acoustics, Darwin’s finches, and tone-deaf birdies.

Dearest friends, we’re back with another episode! (Did you miss us?)

With all the crazy weather going on these days, we thought we’d talk to someone who knows all about the atmosphere.

Radar systems engineer Felisha Lawrence joins us for a chat about her job (well… what she’s allowed to say) at Northrop Grumman.

We talk about atmospheric science, clouds, and how many times her friends ask her to predict the weather.

Come for the radar, stay for the diplomatic crisis that could come from manipulating clouds.

Deer-ly beloved, we are gathered here today to listen to the wonderful Christina Prokopenko, a PhD student at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

From the computer screen in the lab to tromping through the forests, Christina studies wolf-ungulate predator-prey dynamics.

Join us for a discussion on wolves, elk, and math!

Summer doldrums got you down? Power up with a quick (micro)bio from Stephanie Sheppard, a transmission planning engineer at PECO Energy. It’s short and sweet (much like myself).

We should also give a shout out to Stephanie for inviting us to present at PECO’s Engineer’s Day last month.

 

Get ready for another out of this world episode!

Dr. Adrienn Luspay-Kuti is a research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. She joins us for a discussion about Saturn’s moons, simulation chambers, and the outer planets.

Don’t forget the part where she built a simulator of the atmosphere of Titan in her lab.

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It’s sweltering here on the east coast, and we could really gopher a lemonade.

Get it? Gopher? …

Animal lovers, this episode’s for you. Today’s guest is Dr. Jennifer Hausmann. Jen is an Associate Veterinarian at the Denver Zoo, and has so many fluffy, adorable stories to share. Join us for a chat about working at a zoo, hyena stitches, and baby giraffes.

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too