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We talked about Gray Whales and answered listener questions with Clara Bird!

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Dr. Nick Battista is an assistant professor of mathematics at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). He is an applied mathematician specializing in the mathematical modeling of biological systems using a variety of techniques, including numerical simulation and physical and/or organismal experiments. Nick works on a variety of problems in biomechanics, from heart development to aquatic locomotion to collective behavior, produces open-source fluid dynamics software for the scientific community, and investigates ways to thwart the on-going opioid crisis, all with his team of undergraduates. His favorite scientists are the Ghostbusters.

Hi I'm Dr. Kaeli Swift! I study the behavior of corvids, which are the family of birds that includes crows, ravens, magpies and jays.  Right now my work focuses on understanding how climate change may affect the feeding behavior of Canada jays.  

Jason Ward is a bird scientist, writer, science communicator, and all around bird nerd. He loves changing people’s minds about the world around them, and sharing his love for birds, our modern-day dinosaurs. ​ Jason also has his own show now Birds of North America, which you can watch on Youtube!

Today we'll be hearing from Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at NASA!  She uses climate models and satellite observations to track and understand the ways in which our planet is changing. It's bleak but important. Here's Kate. 

"Life sometimes gives you a path that you have to just go with and find the beauty in it. And this is how I found myself. I currently am a science communicator and an international model. I spent years studying astrophysics because it begins to define us and who we are in our place in the universe. But I learned that communicating science and space to people around the world is what my calling was. I am a science host on YouTube channels like Astroathens, which I created and Seeker from the Discover Channel and the TMRO show. Explaining science through television is so much fun and you get to experiment with all the fun ways one can translate very complicated science topics and concepts to the rest of the world that may not know too much about science! When I was a researcher in Astrophysics my focus was on Proto-planetary disks (PROPLYDS) and low mass stars formations."- Athena Brensberger

David Steen is a wildlife ecologist and the founder of the Alongside Wildlife Foundation! 

Today we're going to be hearing from the volcanologist Doctor Janine Krippner! She's a great science communicator and I hope you enjoy the conversation we had with her.

Katherine O'Reilly is a freshwater Fish biologist at Notre Dame in the Lamberti lab!