Journeys of Scientists
90 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis podcast is created by WaMPS (Women and Minorities in the Physical Sciences), a graduate student organization at Michigan State University. These are informal conversations with graduate students to learn about the journeys that brought them to where they are today.
For updates on other WaMPS events, follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can direct message us at either of those sites if you would like to reach out to us.
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Episodes
Episode 40 - Artemis Tsantiri (she/her)
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 33.8 MBArtemis is responsible for updating the WaMPS website and keeping track of the email list for WaMPS, so she is the one to blame for any mistakes on this website :) She likes puzzles, biking and she loves her music. She is a second-year grad student in experimental low energy nuclear astrophysics, who focuses on a small group of proton-rich nuclei created through the p-process. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our web...
Episode 39 - Katlyn Hettinger
July 21, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBKatlyn Hettinger is a rising 5th year PhD student in the Department of Economics broadly studying health economics. Her research interests include the effects of Medicaid expansion on maternal health outcomes, and the effects of high-deductible health insurance on spending patterns. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics an...
Episode 38 - Anna Haber
July 14, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBAnna is a Ph.D. student in Horticulture studying plant abiotic stress response using computational genomics approaches. She is a first-generation student and alum of the McNair Scholars Program at the University of New Hampshire. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu If you ...
Episode 37 - Dasmen Richards
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 36.2 MBDasmen Richards is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the K-12 Educational Administration Program at Michigan State University. Her general research interests are around Black girls and their positioning as learners within the classroom. Fun fact: she has traveled to every state on the east coast except for Connecticut and New Hampshire. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like t...
Episode 36 - Camille Mikolas
June 30, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.3 MBCamille is finishing up her second year as a PhD student in condensed matter physics researching hybrid quantum systems; particularly, transmon qubits and electrons on superfluid helium as a possible qubit platform. Beyond this, she enjoys knitting and hopping between the states of Michigan, Utah, and California as regularly as possible. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would...
Episode 35 - Aubrey Lokey
June 23, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 39.3 MBAubrey is an accelerator physics PhD student studying beam diagnostics and instrumentation. Outside of research, she is an artist and electronics hobbyist. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu If you would like to leave comments, questions, or recommend someone to be in...
Episode 34 - Melinda Meiring
June 16, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MBMelinda Meiring is a third year Neuroscience PhD student studying how brain structure impacts brain health and cognition across the lifespan. She also serves as the recording secretary on the executive board for the Council of Graduate Students. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://p...
Episode 33 - Gabbie Baillargeon
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBGabbie is a Fisheries and Wildlife masters student in the Quantitative Fisheries Center researching predator-prey dynamics in Lake Huron. She is also a 2021-22 Fenske ‘Excellence in Fisheries Management’ Fellow where she will be working with MDNR to develop an updated lake whitefish stock assessment, a species that is currently declining across the Great Lakes. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www....
Episode 32 - Adrienne Bonar
June 02, 2021 12:53 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBAdrienne Bonar is a 2nd year Social Psychology PhD student at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She studies how the body, brain, and life experiences shape the experience of emotion. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu If you would like to leave comments, que...
Episode 31 - Lili Gloe
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 39.5 MBLili is a 5th year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Michigan State University. She researches anxiety and self-regulation in youth and young adults from a psychological and neuroscientific perspective. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu If y...
Episode 30 - Diondra Straiton
May 19, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBDiondra Straiton (she/her) is a rising 5th year student in the clinical science program in the psychology department at MSU. She studies methods to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices for autistic children in community settings, with an emphasis on lower-resourced settings. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in phy...
Episode 29 - Jessica Crawford
May 12, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MBJessica Crawford is a recently graduated master's student in the Department of Community Sustainability at MSU. Her thesis focused on the social acceptance of renewable energy siting in Michigan. Additionally, she has done community-engaged research with the City of East Lansing on enhancing local resource recovery initiatives. When she's not studying decarbonization practices, she can be found spending time with her beloved cat Pumpkin. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can ...
Episode 28 - Sydni Golfin
April 21, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 37.8 MBSydni is an incoming 3rd year medical student at MSUCOM currently studying for her Level 1/Step 1 board exams. She will begin her rotations at Garden City Hospital later this summer with interests in women's health and community medicine. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu...
Episode 27 - Jillian Sterman
April 14, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 37.1 MBCurrently Jillian Sterman is in her 1st year of her Master's degree at MSU in the department of Fisheries and Wildlife; her thesis focuses on the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, their road ecology and population dynamics in Michigan. She tracks individual rattlesnake's movement, estimates their space use and home range to determine if they occupy highway right-of-ways, and monitors their responses to road maintenance activities in highway rights-of-way. Additionally we're collecting vegetat...
Episode 26 - Lauren Koenig
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 38.5 MBLauren Koenig's research investigates animal behavior and adaptive traits. I also freelance as a science journalist and promote science communication and diversity in STEM as Editor-in-Chief of the Scientista foundation: http://www.scientistafoundation.com/ As part of the MSU Science Festival, WaMPS will be doing a public presentation on the science of sports. Bryan will be moderating the presentation while we hear from physics grad student Jacob Watkins, osteopathic medical student Megan ...
Episode 25 - Ahlam Soliman
March 31, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBAhlam Soliman is a fourth year PhD student in the Neuroscience program at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on studying the pathological culprit of Alzheimer disease using experimental models. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check out https://pa.msu.edu If you would like to leave com...
Episode 24 - Sarah McFall-Boegeman
March 24, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 47.1 MBSarah McFall-Boegeman is a 4th year chemistry PhD student whose work is focused on the corrosion science of aluminum alloys in the aerospace industry. She also serves as the Recording Secretary for the Council of Graduate Students (COGS) at MSU, which more information about can be found at https://cogs.msu.edu/ To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or visit our website https://www.wamps.org. If you would like to learn more about gra...
Episode 23 - Lin Li
March 17, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 31.8 MBLin Li is a Ph.D. candidate in the Information and Media Program at MSU. She studies how individuals use information and communication technologies for interpersonal communication and for self-managing health and the associated social and psychological processes. She has published papers on international students’ social media use, and how older adults use wearable activity trackers for self-managing their health on a long-term basis. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow...
Episode 22 - Megan Carrillo
March 10, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBMegan is a 4th year medical student at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine with the goal of pursuing a career in radiology. As someone interested in imaging modalities, she has authored several case reports concerning unique disease states and processes discovered through different imaging studies. One aspect of her research also raises the question of the stigmas surrounding mental illness and drug use, and their impact on the individual, group, community, and society...
Episode 21 - Alyssa Logan
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 35 MBAlyssa's research is in equine exercise physiology with a focus in how exercise can impact the bone and joint health of growing horses, racing horses, and competitive show horses. She strives to involve students in experiential learning and have frequent involvement in the equine industry in a professional capacity as a competitor and instructor. Alyssa also serves as the Treasurer on the executive board of COGS (Council of Graduate Students). More information about COGS and all the great ...
Episode 20 - Rahul Jain
February 24, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBRahul Jain is a 3rd-year physics grad student at MSU. His research is in the field of experimental nuclear astrophysics focused on understanding the properties of accreting neutron star crusts. They do so by performing and studying the very nuclear reactions that take place in those extreme environments in the laboratory involving very exotic neutron-rich isotopes. Along with physics, he is also pursuing a dual Ph.D. with the Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering (CMSE) departme...
Episode 19 - Jessica Sydnor
February 17, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBJessica Sydnor is a current second year grad student in the Physics & Astronomy department of West Virginia University. She works with Dr. Sarah Burke-Spolaor on localizing and understanding fast radio bursts (FRBs) as well as searching for the gravitational wave background using pulsar timing arrays. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU, check o...
Episode 18 - Emily Conway
February 10, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 37 MBEmily is a second year PhD student in the Department of Plant Biology and the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program at MSU. Her research interests center on plant community dynamics broadly, and urban ecosystems and ecological restoration more specifically, using prairies as her focal community type. More information about the MSU Department of Plant Biology can be found here. Emily is participating in the MSU Science Festival School Programs, with her presentation titled Ask a Scientist...
Episode 17 - Emily Mensch
February 03, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 27.2 MBEmily is a second-year masters student in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU. She is a part of the Applied Behavioral Ecology Lab, researching behavioral and chemical ecology in the invasive Sea Lamprey, and how this can be applied to new ways of managing invasive species. To learn more about the Graduate Certification in Community Engagement, check out their website here. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram and Facebook. If you would l...
Episode 16 - Roy Salinas
January 27, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 32.2 MBRoy is a first year physics PhD student at MSU interested in experimental nuclear physics. He also serves at the 1st-year student liaison for WaMPS. Roy talks about how his first semester of graduate school went while everything is virtual, as well as what got him interested in physics and his academic career path. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram and Facebook. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and astronomy at MSU,...
Episode 15 - Hannah Berg
December 09, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBHannah is a second year PhD student at MSU in nuclear physics. After hearing about the SuN group during her masters at the University of Oslo, she decided to apply to MSU and moved to Michigan from Oslo, Norway. She studies beta decay, where she is looking at reactions important for nucleosynthesis, the formation of elements in the universe. Outside of physics she is currently working on her knitting skills during the pandemic. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamp...
Episode 14 - Julia Hinds
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MBJulia is a second-year physics graduate student at MSU. She is in experimental high energy working with the ATLAS Collaboration, and she is currently working on the measurement of the Drell-Yan process at high energies. Julia is also the Mentoring Co-Chair for WaMPS, one of the Lead TA's for DATA Lab, and an active marathon runner! To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram and Facebook. If you would like to learn more about graduate school in physics and a...
Episode 13 - Christina Wark
November 25, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 36 MBChristina Wark is a PhD student in chemical engineering. She recently joined the SCB group in ChEMS where, broadly, she will work with electrochemistry. Some of the work that she has been involved in so far includes building computational models of reaction kinetics in electrochemical reactions and observing the associated hydrogen evolution reaction. More information about the MSU Women in Engineering can be found at https://www.egr.msu.edu/wie/ To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you ...
Episode 12 - Alexandra Benitez
November 18, 2020 13:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBAlex is a masters student in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Having researched pesticide practices and associated health impacts on agriculture workers in Puerto Rico, studying prospective assessment of intrauterine ZIKA exposure in multiple hospitals, and teaching high school courses, Alex has had adventurous experiences that have led her to her current work studying the human and environemntal effects of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes! Her work consists of researchin...
Episode 11 - Brittany Ladson
November 11, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBBrittany Ladson is a 3rd year medical student at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is currently rotating at Sparrow Hospital and is hoping to pursue a residency in emergency medicine and work for Doctors Without Borders. Her ultimate goal is to work in a resource-limited and Spanish speaking region and serve those in need. She is also the VP of Operations for MSUSciComm, Michigan State University's Science Communication Organization. You can learn more about MSU ...
Episode 10 - Dan Salazar-Gallegos
October 28, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBDan Salazar-Gallegos is a 3rd year physics grad student in high energy physics where he studies dark matter using cosmic gamma-rays + neutrinos with the HAWC +IceCube experiments. He is also the Vice President of WaMPS. Dan talks about his undergraduate involvement in both physics and sociology research labs, involvement with diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the many traveling adventures he has gone on! To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on Instagram an...
Episode 9 - Xandria Quichocho
October 21, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBXandria Quichocho (she/her/hers) is a Black + Chamorro physicist recently graduated with a B.S. in Physics from Texas State University and is currently pursuing her Physics Ph.D. at Michigan State University. Her main undergraduate research focuses on how the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality interact with women of color and LGBTQ+ women’s identity as physicists. She spends much of her free time with her dog Facetiming her three sisters and mamma. In an effort to have “hobbies”...
Episode 8 - Mejdi Mogannam
October 14, 2020 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBMejdi is a second year graduate student in the Chemistry department at MSU. He does nuclear chemistry in the NSCL/FRIB, blurring the lines of chemistry and physics. His work currently involves using the technique of Total Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS) to study how excited states in 73Ni are populated from the beta decay of 73Co. Listen to Mejdi's journeys which include choosing nuclear chemistry over economics, navigating community college, undergrad, and grad school, research lab experience...
Episode 7 - Devyn Cantu
October 07, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBDevyn Cantu am a sixth year physics graduate student at MSU working with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a detector designed to observe neutrinos from astrophysical sources within the universe. She searches for neutrino sources within our galaxy that extend a few degrees across the sky. Devyn also talks about some of her high adrenaline experiences and hobbies such as flying airplanes, riding motorcycles, and skydiving. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @msuwamps on...
Episode 6 - Ariana Hernandez
September 30, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBThis week we are joined by Ariana Hernandez. She is a second year masters student in the entomology department at MSU studying spotted wind drosophila, a sister species of the common fruit fly. She is also a cohost of the BugTalk podcast, which is led by members in the MSU entomology department, so be sure to check that out! This is a really fun conversation. Enjoy! You can find Bug Talk on Twitter and Instagram @bugtalkpodcast or check out their website here. To keep up to date with WaMPS...
Episode 5 - Alison Peisker
September 23, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBAlison Peisker is a 5th year grad student studying particle astrophysics. She works on a gamma ray observatory, taking data from a neutrino observatory and looking for coincidences in gamma rays from already detected neutrinos. We’ll learn about Alison’s interests which include music and knitting. Alison will also talk about her experiences adapting and growing through grad school, and how that has influenced some of her career goals. To keep up to date with WaMPS updates, you can follow @m...
Episode 4 - Cristhian González Ortiz
September 16, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MBThis week, we hear from Cristhian González Ortiz. Cristhian is a second-year physics grad student at MSU working on the first design of a storage ring, as an upgrade to FRIB (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams). They are looking at how this addition would further enhance the capacity of FRIB to perform nuclear experiments. Listen to Cristhian's many journeys, which include moving to Michigan from Colombia, getting involved with Comunidad Latinoamericana and the Center for Latin American and C...
Episode 3 - Jessie Micallef
September 09, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBJessie Micallef is a fifth year graduate student in Physics and CMSE at MSU. Her research is with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory detecting a fundamental particle, called neutrinos, from the atmosphere and space. She works on using machine learning to improve their ability to measure neutrinos in their detector. Jessie also talks about her many hobbies, which include filmmaking, Jiu-Jitsu, comic cons, outreach, and more! Jessie is also starting a video project called Portrait of a Scient...
Episode 2 - Laura Wood
September 02, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBLaura Wood is a fourth year grad student in the physics education research lab at MSU. She works in supporting and understanding the experiences of transfer students in natural science majors from two-year colleges to four-year colleges, specifically examining students' self-efficacy beliefs/experiences and the impacts of cohort programs. Listen to Laura's experiences growing up in Washington, attending a small undergraduate school in Seattle, and adjusting to a large graduate school in Mic...
Episode 1 - Camila Monsalve Avendaño
August 26, 2020 13:24 - 1 hour - 132 MBCami is a second-year graduate student in the Physics Education Research Lab at MSU. Her current research focus is on students of Color with transfer credits earning STEM degrees at MSU. Her previous research focus has been gender studies using statistical analysis. Listen to Cami's journeys which include switching from a life of biology to grad school for physics, living in Colombia, Florida, and not Michigan, and putting herself out there to meet new people and build relationships. To st...