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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 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’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...

For the third week of Black History Month, we welcome Naia Butler-Craig (@astronaia), a graduating senior studying Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in Astronautics and minors in applied and computational mathematics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...

This week we continue celebrating Black History Month as we head across the Atlantic to spend time PhD student and teaching fellow, Jazmin Scarlett (@scarlett_jazmin) at Newcastle University in England. We chatted with Jazmin about...

This week we welcome LaNell Williams (@a_lanell) a Ph.D. student studying soft condensed matter physics (or…the physics of squishy systems) at Harvard University.  We chatted with LaNell about science, equity and donuts! How did...