This episode features Dr. Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, a Principal Scientist at Microsoft’s AI for Earth. Bruno got his astrophysics PhD from the Max Planck Institute, and he has used his science skills to work everywhere from Mapbox to the World Bank to his job now at Microsoft.

When you look at Bruno’s career, it’s a string of bright shiny lights – stints at cool international organizations and companies, fancy titles, and lots of impactful work in tech, sustainability, and international development. But Bruno is super candid in the interview on sharing the struggles he’s had along the way, the leaps of faith he has made in finding the path that is right for him, and how his career has been a constant search for finding all the ways he can to define impactful scientific work. 

Resources, references, and organizations mentioned during the episode:

Microsoft AI for Earth, The World Bank, Mapbox, the National Academy of Science's Mirzayan Fellowship, and the Max Planck Institute. 

Check out Bruno's book on impact science: Impact Science: The science of getting to radical social and environmental breakthroughs

Connect with Bruno on Twitter.

Music credit: "Free Spirit" from https://www.purple-planet.com, Photo provided by Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño.