Episode 52: Ania Kwiatkowski, PhD, Nuclear Physicist
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English - March 29, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEducation Science Social Sciences engineering stem girls math science technology women womeninstem Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This time, Danniele hears from Ania Kwiatkowski, PhD, a nuclear physicist at TRIUMF who is passionate about her work. She talks about the friendly competitiveness of her field, and why she loves nuclear physics so much. You'll hear about how she is working in her dream job, and the advice she has for students to get them to their dream jobs, too.
Ania Kwiatkowski is a research scientist at TRIUMF and adjunct faculty at the University of Victoria in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. She focuses on understanding the ground-state properties of radioactive ions using ion-trapping techniques.
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Relevant Links: "A. Kwiatkowski Awarded the Freedman Award," Michigan State University Ania's research while affiliated with TRIUMF High-resolution mass spectrometry Ion trapping Quantum Computing Rapid neutron-capture process (Wikipedia) TITAN at TRIUMF TRIUMFHosted by: Danniele Livengood (@livengood)
Theme Music: “Positive and Fun” by Scott Holmes
Produced by: Vanessa Reich-Shackelford
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