Socializing with Scientists
The surprising secrets of curious people
Socializing with Scientists presents the untold stories of immunologists, neuroscientists, environmental chemists, and more, recounting how their early life built their current life, and sharing what they do now to make the world a better place. And how do they define success, anyway? Listen to find out the surprising secrets of curious people.
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Our music is called "Discussion," and was composed by Folk Acoustic.
Dianne Newman links antibiotic resistance to climate (she's a microbiologist)
In college, Dianne didn't take any biology classes (she was a German studies major). But she was curious about almost everything, so in her first semester of graduate school, she tried an environmental microbiology class. She fell in love. Dianne Newmann is now a microbiologist at Caltech, studying ...
Dylan Jervis spots methane emissions from low Earth orbit (he's a physicist)
Dylan was a kid who found comfort in math and fun in music, but ultimately he followed a path to science. He became a physicist and was inspired to study climate change by a speech that US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu gave, as well as his time working at a backcountry lodge in the Canadian Rockies...
Katie McMahon considers humidity's effect on babies' growth (she's a human environment geographer)
Katie was a curious, hard-working kid, but it wasn't until her freshman year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that she found her calling. That year, she happened to be placed in two geography classes, and her career trajectory started falling into place. Katie McMahon is now a PhD ...
Brian Walsh peers at Earth from the moon (he's a space physicist)
To prepare for the moment his telescope landed on the moon, Brian read sports psychology books. "You're not going to read Kepler or Isaac Newton [to learn] about how to deal with high pressure situations," he said. It turned out he didn't actually need much help. Brian Walsh is a space physicist and...
Sarah Kugel brings science to a small town (she's the director of a nature center)
Sarah Kugel grew up smashing pokeweed berries to make her own paint and assembling intricate habitats for garter snakes. She was a kid who loved nature, and, when she went to college, she majored in resource ecology. But Sarah always had an interest in business as well, and now she combines the two ...