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In June we welcomed Paulette Vincent-Ruz @STEMxicanEd, PhD student in science education at the University of Pittsburgh. Paulette studies intersectionality in STEM but also discussed grad school life and mental health. When I say they explain...
RealScientists hosted Journal Week in July, and were joined by 3 editors over the course of the week. Robert Garisto @RobertGaristo, editor for Physical Review Letters kicked things off, followed by Nicole Nogoy @Medi_cole, editor with GigaScience,...
Zarah Pattison (@ZarahPattison) is a postdoctoral researcher in invasion biology and joined Real Scientists in early June. Zarah started her week with a bang, kicking off the #fieldworkhome hashtag, with folks from all over...
Toby Fountain (@toby_fountain) is Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Ecology at Uppsala University and joined RealScientists in May. One of the highlights was Toby’s easy-to-grok genetics lesson carried out with simple coloured markers on paper....
Gabriela Romero (@Reina_Remis) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and joined RealScientists in mid-May. We were lucky enough to learn that parasites can be cute! Proof: During my PhD I...
Ritu Raman (@DrRituRaman) is a engineer, writer, educator and postdoc MIT, and joined RealScientists towards the end of April. Ritu introduced us to her passion, #biobots – robots that use biological materials. Remember, this can...
April saw us welcome Christine Corbett Moran (@Corbett/@astro_corbett) to Real Scientists. Christine is a National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech. Christine began by sharing with us her amazing experiences working...
Jenny Martin (@Jenny_STEM) is a professor and Director of the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery at Griffith University and joined Real Scientists at the end of March. We were first treated to the story of...
Philipp Schiffer (@evolgenomology) joined Real Scientists at the end of February and is a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London researching evolution based on the development of marine worms. https://twitter.com/realscientists/status/836157537355509760 It sure has it’s moments Philipp!...
Nancy Miorelli (@SciBugs) is a Guide and Science Communicator at the Maquipucuna Reserve and Ecolodge in Ecuador and joined RealScientists in early March. As well as talking about conservation and life in Ecuador, Nancy...