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This week we’re welcoming Dr Jillian M Scudder (@Jillian_Scudder) an Assistant Professor at Oberlin College in Ohio. Jillian’s PhD focused on the physics of galaxy collisions in the local universe (through both optical and radio observations),...
Real Scientists is going governmental this week with Dr Katie Harris (@KatietheRockDoc), an AAAS Congressional Science Policy Fellow with the US House of Representatives. We chatted with her about science, civic engagement, and Jurassic...
Real Scientists is in Florida, USA this week with Kirsten Hecht (@HellbenderHecht). Kirsten is completing a PhD at the University of Florida in interdisciplinary ecology. Her current research focuses on public engagement in the...
Real Scientists is in Oxford, UK this week with Juliane Borchert (@PV_Physicist), a DPhil student in Condensed Matter Physics, Solar Cells, Renewable Energy at the University of Oxford. Welcome to Real Scientists! Can you...
We’re excited to welcome Justin Gage,(@jgage718) Data Scientist extraordinaire at DigitalOcean as our curator this week! We asked Justin to tell us about himself, and this is what he said: I was part of...
We’re excited and honoured to introduce to you our next curator: 2011 Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, 12th Vice Chancellor and President of the Australian National University, Professor Brian Schmidt. Professor Schmidt (@cosmicpinot) is...
Real Scientists is stargazing this week with Dr Fiona Panther (@fipanther), Associate Lecturer in Astronomy and gamma-ray astrophysicist at UNSW Canberra. Welcome to Real Scientists! Can you tell us a bit about how you...
This week we have Mary Rose Devine (@amaryrose), a Physics PhD student at University of Connecticut. Mary Rose grew up in New Jersey, surrounded by suburbs and just a few minutes from the beach. Early on she...
This week we have Dr. Jessie Christiansen (@aussiastronomer), a research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, and Deputy Science Lead of the NASA Exoplanet Archive. She searches for, studies, and catalogs...
This week we’re welcoming Isha Dhingra, a Postdoctoral associate from Yale University, in Connecticut! We spoke to Isha about her work, her interests, and why she thinks what she does is important. Why did you choose...