A Planet is Born
Real Scientists is in the US this week with Ashley Walker (@That_Astro_Chic), an undergraduate student and research assistant in astrochemistry at Chicago State University. Can you tell us about how you got into astrochemistry?...
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Changing the Oceans: Cecilia O’Leary, oceanographer
This week, we welcome Cecilia O’Leary (@GonzoScientist1), PhD student at Stony Brook University in the United States. Cecilia is a quantitative ecologist and oceanographer. In general, she studies marine animal size and age structures (what sizes...
Ancient Family: Bioarchaeology, Infant Health, and Disease
Real Scientists is in Aotearoa/New Zealand this week with Dr Siân Halcrow (@ancientchildren), a bioarchaeologist and associate professor at the University of Otago. Her research focuses on historical infant and child health and disease,...
A Walk in the Woods: Biodiversity, Frogs, Snakes, and Lizards
Real Scientists is in Guatemala City this week with Sergio Gonzáles (@BioloComunista), a researcher in herpetology, genetics, and conservation at the Center for Environmental and Biodiversity Studies at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. We...
Engineering Better Health Care
Real Scientists is in Massachusetts, USA this week with Jordan Harrod (@jordanbharrod), a PhD Student and GEM Fellow in electrical engineering and healthcare applications for computer science at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology. A...
Stream of consciousness: Aquatic Ecology with Marianne Denton
We are looking forward to a wonderful week with Marianne Denton (@Aastro_Limno) here at Real Scientists. Marianne Denton has been developing novel ways to interpret and communicate the ecological status of Nevada’s streams, rivers,...
Cancer on the brain: breaking down the blood-brain barrier with Dr Sadhana Jackson
We are very pleased and super excited to welcome Dr. Sadhana Jackson (@DrSadhanaJ) here at Real Scientists this week! Dr. Jackson is a pediatric neuro-oncologist for the National Cancer Institute at NIH. She is particularly...
Making Technology Work for You with Michelle Rogers
Welcome to our next curator, Dr Michelle L. Rogers (@HF_HITLab), Associate Professor in College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University in the United States. Michelle’s chief interests lie in Human Factors Engineering. She’s been in the field...
This is your brain on Pain: Nate Fried on Pain and Alzheimer’s
Our next curator is University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Nathan Fried (@NeuonNate). Here’s Nate’s story. My name is Dr. Nathan Fried (or, just Nate) and I’m a neuroscientist, educator, science communicator, and...
No Pain, All Gain
Real Scientists in in the US this week with Dr Sandy Hilton (@SandyHiltonPT), a pelvic pain physiotherapist, health educator, and co-owner of Entropy Physiotherapy in Chicago. She also podcasts (check out Pain Science and...