On Earth
126 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -There is a lot of diversity under the science umbrella and not all scientists wear lab coats. On Earth showcases the people behind the science — who they are, why they got into their field, with tidbits of advice for people considering a career in science. Daniel Gowryluk explores the unexpected & interesting sides of science through conversations with researchers and educators about their work On Earth & beyond!
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On Earth with Dr. Geoff Plumlee
January 20, 2022 23:32 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBDr. Geoff Plumlee has been the USGS Chief Scientist and Senior Science Advisor to the USGS Director since January 2019. In this role, he provides strategic scientific vision and counsel to the USGS Director and other executive leaders on inter- and transdisciplinary USGS science research priorities, activities, capabilities, and partnerships. From May 2016 to early 2020, Geoff was the USGS Associate Director for Environmental Health, where he led USGS research at the intersection of the envir...
On Earth with Qi Yang - Marine Virologist
January 13, 2022 17:38 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBQi Yang is a PhD student in Dr. Curtis Suttle’s lab, also known as the Marine Molecular Microbiology and Virology Lab, at the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She is interested in finding viruses in the ocean that infect protists for which viruses are unknown and in the role of the viruses in marine ecosystems and nutrient cycles. She aims to isolate a virus that infects ecologically important marine protists and characterize the virus...
On Earth with Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young - Cultural/environmental Historian
January 06, 2022 18:02 - 1 hour - 103 MBGeoffrey Winthrop-Young is Professor of German and Scandinavian at the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES). He holds an M.A. from the University of Freiburg and PhD from UBC. After specializing in media theory. he is now working on several projects related to chronopolitics, eco-fascism and theories of evolution before and during the Third Reich and their connections to contemporary debates. Among his key interests are early theories of rewilding and species ...
On Earth with Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva - Quantum Astrochemist
December 30, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBClara Sousa-Silva is a quantum astrochemist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. She investigates how molecules interact with light so that they can be detected on faraway worlds. Clara spends most of her time studying molecules that life can produce so that, one day, she can detect an alien biosphere. Her favorite molecular biosignature is phosphine: a terrifying gas associated with mostly unpleasant life. When she is not deciphering exoplanet atmospheres, Clara works hard...
On Earth with Cameron Muskelly - Paleontologist
December 23, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBCameron Muskelly is a self-taught Paleontologist working towards becoming a professional paleontologist. He is a talented science communicator based in Georgia and studies fossils from the Southern part of the United States, primarily Paleozoic invertebrate fossils.
On Earth with Annie Borch - PhD Student in Volcanology
December 16, 2021 14:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBAnnie Borch is a PhD student in volcanology, currently working with Dr. Kelly Russell at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. She is interested in how volcanic eruptions can affect landscape evolution, and, in turn, how paleoenvironmental conditions such as glaciation impact volcanic eruption styles. Her current research focuses on understanding the volcanic history of extensive Quaternary basalt lava flows in the Whistler, BC area, and how...
On Earth with Pablo Lacerda Silva - Sedimentologist
December 09, 2021 19:05 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBPablo is a geoscientist with B.Sc. (from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos) and M.Sc. (from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) degrees in Geology, and a Ph.D. degree in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia. He has worked in Brazil, the United States and Canada. In his early career he worked on subsurface geological mapping using seismic data, and estimation of rock petrophysical properties from core and borehole log measurements. During his Ph.D., Pablo res...
On Earth with Eric Taylor - Fish Biologist
November 25, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBEric Taylor is a professor of Zoology and Director of the Fish Collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum where he also served as museum Director from 2013-2020. He studies the patterns, and processes promoting the origins and persistence of biodiversity and the application of such knowledge to conservation, especially in fishes. He graduated with a PhD in Zoology from UBC in 1989, spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, then 1.5 years as a visiting research fellow ...
On Earth with Jasmine Chase - Masters Student in Geochemistry
November 18, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 63.7 MBJasmine Chase is a master’s student in geochemistry, currently working with Dr. Dominique Weis at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, she started her move westward with Alberta where she completed her undergraduate degree in Geology at the University of Calgary in 2020. Living close to the mountains and the prairies she developed a love for ancient ocean sediments and a fascination for how they’ve ended up t...
On Earth with Hannah Bloomfield - Climate Scientist
November 11, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBDr. Hannah Bloomfield is a research scientist at the University of Bristol, who has spent the last eight years working at the University of Reading studying the impacts of climate variability and climate change on national-level power systems. Hannah specialises in modelling UK and European electricity demand and renewable generation. She has also worked on developing these tools for Mexico and multiple regions of Africa. A key outcome of her work has been to improve the accessibility of larg...
On Earth with Shandin Pete - Hydrogeologist and Science Educator
November 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBDr. Shandin Pete was raised in Nłq̓alqʷ (“Place of the thick trees”, Arlee, Montana). His mother is from the Bitterroot Band of Salish in Montana and his father is Diné from Beshbihtoh Valley in Arizona. He is a hydrogeologist and science educator with interest in Indigenous research methodologies, geoscientific ethnography, Indigenous astronomy, social-political tribal structures, culturally congruent instructional strategies, and indigenous science philosophies. Most of his work in recent ...
On Earth with Chris Stinson - Collections Manager Beaty Biodiversity Museum
October 28, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 81.3 MBChristopher Stinson is the Lead Curatorial Assistant of Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Cross-collections at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM). He began working as a volunteer at the Cowan Vertebrate Museum, now part of the BBM, in 2006 and the museum world has been unable to shake him ever since. Born and raised in Northwestern Ontario on the shores of Rainy Lake, Chris has always had a fascination with the natural world, collecting all manner of biological specimens from an early age. ...
On Earth with Tyler Herrington - Climate Scientist
October 21, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 93.4 MBTyler Herrington is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Waterloo, in Physical Geography, where he is studying Arctic Climate Science. His dissertation research investigates the ability of reanalysis products and climate models to capture soil temperatures in permafrost environments. He is interested in how differences in the land models, which simulate aspects of earth surface, such as snow cover, vegetation, and the hydrology of the landscape, can account for differences in soil temper...
On Earth with Maite Maldonado - Oceanographer
October 14, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 76 MBMaite is an oceanographer who specializes in marine phytoplankton and the role that natural & human-produced trace metals play in their population levels. Phytoplankton may be microscopic, but on an annual basis, they convert around 45 gigatons of carbon dioxide to organic carbon, which is roughly half the total carbon fixation on the planet! She also studies how much of that converted carbon then sinks into the deep ocean (and how that sinking process happens). However, not all parts of the ...
On Earth with Jesse Mason - Climate Scientist
October 07, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBJesse is the Global Coordinator for anticipatory actions within the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes at the United Nations World Food Programme. He is managing the implementation and scale-up of Forecast-based Financing across many Asian & African nations alongside their national governments. He also works closely with the WFP's Emergency Preparedness and Support Response Division to help manage severe-weather risk assessments on vulnerable populations. Jesse has over 11 ...
On Earth with Ross Beaty - Geologist
September 30, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 95.8 MBThroughout his 47-year career, Ross Beaty has been a leader in the international mining and renewable energy industries, making a significant and lasting impact in BC and around the world. Driven by his passion for people, communities, and nature, he has brought together the worlds of mining and environmentalism to demonstrate that mining and environmental protection are not incompatible. After graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1979 in geology and law, Ross began a geolo...
On Earth with Dr. Anaïs Orsi - Climate Scientist
September 23, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 92 MBAnaïs Orsi is an assistant professor in the UBC department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Her research focuses on polar climate variability using tracers found in ice cores. Today, the Arctic is the region that is warming the fastest on Earth. Anais’s work is to provide context to the current trend by reconstructing the climate of the recent past (several thousand years) using indicators found in ice cores. These indicators can be the thickness of an annual layer of snow, the prese...
On Earth with Randy Smallwood - Geological Engineer
September 16, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 94.6 MBRandy Smallwood holds a geological engineering degree from the University of British Columbia and is one of the founding members of Wheaton Precious Metals. In 2007, he joined Wheaton full time as EVP of Corporate Development, primarily focusing on growing the company through the evaluation and acquisition of streaming opportunities. In January 2010, he was appointed President, and in April 2011, he was appointed Wheaton's CEO. Mr. Smallwood originally started as an exploration geologist with...
On Earth with Linda Jennings - Botanist
September 09, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBLinda Jennings is the Collections Curator at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Herbarium, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, housing the third largest natural history ‘plant’ collection in Canada. For the past 15 years Linda has curated this century old collection of preserved plants and algae specimens from around the world. Through exhibits, tours and workshops she shares the collections and their stories, developing innovative tours with hands on activities that include the public in ‘real ...
On Earth with Jacob Kabel - Analytical Chemist
September 02, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MBJacob manages the Electron Microbeam and X-ray Diffraction Facility (EMXDF) in the department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He has a background in analytical chemistry, surface analysis, and electron beam microanalysis. His laboratory provides users in the province with quantitative powder x-ray diffraction services, electron microscopy services, and electron microprobe services. His key interest is in expanding automated mineralogy offerings in...
On Earth with Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi - Hydrologist
September 01, 2021 17:28 - 1 hour - 127 MBBoris F. Ochoa-Tocachi is a PhD in Hydrology and a MSc in Hydrology and Water Resources Management by Imperial College London, and a Civil Engineer by the University of Cuenca, Ecuador. He is the CEO of ATUK Strategic Consultancy, founder of the Institute for Applied Sustainability Research (iiasur) in Ecuador, and scientific advisor of the “Natural Infrastructure for Water Security” project for Forest Trends. Boris has developed his professional and academic expertise around mountain hydrolo...
On Earth with Dr. Eileen van der Flier-Keller - Geo Science Educator & Communicator
August 19, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 63 MBEileen van der Flier-Keller is a Teaching Professor in Earth Sciences and Special Advisor to the Dean of Science for Public Education and Outreach at Simon Fraser University. She very much appreciates this role for the opportunity it provides to champion science education, community collaborations with local school districts and the informal education community, and to promote science communication as a critical part of the science enterprise. Eileen grew up in Ireland where her parents spar...
On Earth with Dr. Stephanie Waterman - Physical Oceanographer
August 12, 2021 15:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBStephanie is a sea-going physical oceanographer. She is interested in large-scale circulation and the ocean's role in the climate system and the inter-relationships between various components of the oceanic circulations at different times. She approaches her research both through observational & theoretical perspectives. She uses targeted field observations, observational data analysis, idealised process modeling, analytical analysis & lab studies. Her main aim is to overserve real-world syst...
On Earth with Dr. Santa Ono - University President and Molecular Immunologist
August 05, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 85.7 MBSanta J. Ono, Ph.D., FRSC, FCAHS is the 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He also serves as Chair of the U15 Group of Universities, on the Board of Directors of Universities Canada, and as Past Chair of Research Universities of British Columbia. In 2018, he served as co-chair of the Tri-council advisory committee on equity, diversity and inclusion policy. Prior to his appointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC, Dr. Ono served as the 28th Presid...
On Earth with Dan Hdidouan - Interdisciplinary Researcher in Climate Change
July 29, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBDan is an interdisciplinary and intersectional researcher in between the fields of climate change and renewable power. He recently joined a renewable power company in London UK; at the same time as finishing a PhD in the economic impacts of climate change on wind and solar power at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. Dan has worked in sustainability, energy, climate change and property development roles all over the UK and across public and private sectors. Dan leans...
On Earth with Dan Hdidouan- Interdisciplinary Researcher in Climate Change
July 29, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBDan is an interdisciplinary and intersectional researcher in between the fields of climate change and renewable power. He recently joined a renewable power company in London UK; at the same time as finishing a PhD in the economic impacts of climate change on wind and solar power at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. Dan has worked in sustainability, energy, climate change and property development roles all over the UK and across public and private sectors. Dan leans...
On Earth with Dr. Bonnie Henry - Provincial Health Officer
July 22, 2021 15:00 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBDr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer in 2018 following three years as the Deputy Provincial Health Officer. As BC’s most senior public health official, Dr. Henry is responsible for monitoring the health of all British Columbians and undertaking measures for disease prevention and control and health protection. Most recently Dr. Henry has led the province’s response on the COVID-19 pandemic and drug overdose emergency. Dr. Henry’s experience in public ...
On Earth with Dr. Bonnie Henry- Public Health Officer
July 22, 2021 15:00 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBDr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer in 2018 following three years as the Deputy Provincial Health Officer. As BC’s most senior public health official, Dr. Henry is responsible for monitoring the health of all British Columbians and undertaking measures for disease prevention and control and health protection. Most recently Dr. Henry has led the province’s response on the COVID-19 pandemic and drug overdose emergency. Dr. Henry’s experience in public ...
On Earth with Dr. Bonnie Henry - Public Health Officer
July 22, 2021 15:00 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBDr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer in 2018 following three years as the Deputy Provincial Health Officer. As BC’s most senior public health official, Dr. Henry is responsible for monitoring the health of all British Columbians and undertaking measures for disease prevention and control and health protection. Most recently Dr. Henry has led the province’s response on the COVID-19 pandemic and drug overdose emergency. Dr. Henry’s experience in public ...
On Earth with Francis Jones- Geoscience Education Specialist
July 15, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 86.4 MBFrancis is a geoscience education specialist in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC. Before that, he spent 10 years teaching geophysics and supporting geophysical inversion research and technology transfer with the UBC Geophysical Inversion Facility. In 1987 he completed an MSc in geophysics and glaciology, then worked for 12 years as a professional geophysicist in instrumentation, mineral and geotechnical exploration, glaciology, and oil/gas well-logging. Currently, he focuses on de...
On Earth with Francis Jones - Geoscience Education Specialist
July 15, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 86.4 MBFrancis is a geoscience education specialist in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC. Before that, he spent 10 years teaching geophysics and supporting geophysical inversion research and technology transfer with the UBC Geophysical Inversion Facility. In 1987 he completed an MSc in geophysics and glaciology, then worked for 12 years as a professional geophysicist in instrumentation, mineral and geotechnical exploration, glaciology, and oil/gas well-logging. Currently, he focuses on de...
On Earth with Jacqueline Weston - Professional Engineer
July 08, 2021 15:00 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBJacqueline Weston is a Professional Engineer with a Master's Degree in Applied Science and certification as a Project Management Professional. Her 31 years of experience include 11 years in private consulting as a process engineer and project manager, and twenty years as a municipal engineer with progressively responsible management positions. Jacqueline is currently the Operations Manager for the Capital Regional District’s Core Area Wastewater Treatment and Conveyance System, having previo...
On Earth with Jacqueline Weston- Professional Engineer
July 08, 2021 15:00 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBJacqueline Weston is a Professional Engineer with a Master's Degree in Applied Science and certification as a Project Management Professional. Her 31 years of experience include 11 years in private consulting as a process engineer and project manager, and twenty years as a municipal engineer with progressively responsible management positions. Jacqueline is currently the Operations Manager for the Capital Regional District’s Core Area Wastewater Treatment and Conveyance System, having previo...
On Earth with Dr. Jim Haggart - Paleontologist
July 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBJim Haggart is a Research Scientist at the Vancouver office of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) specializing in Jurassic-Cretaceous stratigraphy and macrofaunal paleontology. He obtained graduate degrees from University of California prior to moving to Ottawa to join the GSC. Jim has led geological mapping programs in Haida Gwaii, the Coast Mountains and central Interior regions of British Columbia, and in the Baffin Bay area of Nunavut. He served recently as Vice-Chair of the Interna...
On Earth with Dr. Lindsey Heagy - Geo Data Scientist
June 17, 2021 18:40 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MBLindsey Heagy is joining EOAS as an Assistant Professor this July. She completed her BSc in geophysics at the University of Alberta in 2012 and her PhD at UBC in 2018, where she was a Vanier Scholar. Following the completion of her PhD, she was a Postdoctoral researcher in the Statistics Department at UC Berkeley. Her research interests are in data science and inverse theory, and she is interested in applications including minerals, groundwater, and environmental studies. She is a co-founder ...
On Earth with Dr. Mark Jellinek - Volcanologist & Earth Systems Scientist
June 10, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBMark Jellinek is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He is an internationally-recognized geophysicist who works on problems in magmatic and volcanic processes and hazards, geodynamics, long-term climate change, surface processes and the evolution of Earth and other rocky planets. Mark is deeply committed to education and outreach, as chair of the Public and Internal Relations Committee and recipient of various prestigio...
On Earth with Dr. Roland Stull - Atmospheric Scientist
June 03, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 71.6 MBRoland Stull is a professor of Atmospheric Sciences in the UBC department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. During his 26 years at UBC, his focus has been on numerical weather prediction - using large computers to forecast the weather. His research team of about 15 scientists and students study renewable energy meteorology (wind, hydro, & solar power), weather disasters (forest fires, windstorms, floods), transportation weather (highway, railroad, bus, shipping), and special projects...
On Earth with Andy Randell - Geologist & Science Communication Guru
May 27, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 71.4 MBAndy is a professional geologist living in Vancouver who is tailoring his career to bring change to the minerals exploration industry. Since 2014, he has established his consulting business, SGDS Hive, which takes on graduate geoscientists and mentors them through a variety of exploration projects to help engage and educate the next generation of geologists. He also started a non-profit society, Below BC, to provide outreach to the public around Earth Science topics, which now serves several ...
On Earth with Dr. Kendra Chritz - Geochemist & Paleoecologist
May 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBDr. Kendra Chritz looks at the chemistry of ancient biological material (teeth, bones, soils) to tell what past environments were like. Her particular interest is in the intersecting interactions between people and their ecosystems over time: how the environments we evolved in made us who we are, how prone we are to modifying our environments, what we’re doing to environments now. Because of her particular focus on the ancient evolutionary aspect of her work, I do most of my research in museu...
On Earth with Dr. Catherine Johnson - Planetary Scientist
May 13, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBCatherine Johnson is a professor of geophysics at UBC, Vancouver and a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, Tucson. Her research group works on problems in planetary science using data returned by recent and older NASA missions, including the Apollo missions to the Moon. Outside work she practices and teaches yoga (RYT 500) and spends time outside with her family and Bernese Mountain Dog.
On Earth with Dr. Kirsten Hodge - Volcanologist & Science Educator
May 06, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBKirsten Hodge is a volcanologist and science educator. She is currently the Director of the Pacific Museum of Earth (PME), one of the University of British Columbia’s main outreach hubs. At the PME, she oversees how the museum engages, excites, and educates the UBC community as well as local youth and teachers. Her work at the PME provides a link between the fundamental science that shapes our planet (“how science works in general”) to topics that have environmental, economic, and societal im...
On Earth with Dr. Meigan Aronson
April 29, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBDr. Meigan Aronson was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on September 1, 2018. Prior to her arrival at UBC, Dr. Aronson served as Professor of Physics and Dean of the College of Science at Texas A&M University, where she held appointments in the departments of Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on the discovery and characterization of quantum materials, with a particular interest in uncovering n...
On Earth with Dr. Meigan Aronson - Dean of Science & Physicist
April 29, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MBDr. Meigan Aronson was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on September 1, 2018. Prior to her arrival at UBC, Dr. Aronson served as Professor of Physics and Dean of the College of Science at Texas A&M University, where she held appointments in the departments of Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on the discovery and characterization of quantum materials, with a particular interest in uncovering n...
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April 22, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 4.41 MBThere is a lot of diversity under the science umbrella and not all scientists wear lab coats. On Earth showcases the people behind the science — who they are, why they got into their field, with tidbits of advice for people considering a career in science. Daniel Gowryluk explores the unexpected & interesting sides of science through conversations with researchers and educators about their work On Earth & beyond!
Quarantine Conversation with Prof. Simon Peacock - Metamorphic Petrologist
April 14, 2021 17:18 - 25 minutes - 58.5 MBSimon Peacock is a geology professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC. Prof. Peacock joined UBC in 2006 and served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2006 to 2018. He earned BS and MS degrees in Geology from MIT (1981) and a PhD in Geology from UCLA (1985). From 1985 to 2006, he was a geology professor and administrator at Arizona State University. Prof. Peacock’s research focuses on understanding earthquakes and mountain-building processes. He is ...
Quarantine Conversation with Dr. Michael Lipsen - Biological oceanographer
April 07, 2021 05:32 - 38 minutes - 87.6 MBDr. Michael Lipsen is an oceanographer and environmentalist who has been teaching in the Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences department at UBC since 1999. Although his original research interests included looking at where diatoms hid the loose carbon dioxide that was lurking in every environment, he is now happy instructing undergraduates on the beauty and complexity of the marine world around them.
Quarantine Conversation with Dr. Sarah Jaye Oliva - Seismologist
March 26, 2021 05:57 - 51 minutes - 119 MBSarah is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia, studying earthquakes along the Queen Charlotte Fault offshore British Columbia. She is primarily interested in the mechanisms that drive earthquakes, fault-magma interactions, and evolution of plate boundaries. She analyzes earthquake waves to figure out the kinds of motion that creates the earthquakes and investigates them in the context of the seismic act...
Quarantine Conversation with Megan Russell - Planetary Scientist
March 08, 2021 18:22 - 29 minutes - 68.4 MBMegan Russell is a planetary scientist in the Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. After completing a BSc in Space Science at York University, she moved to Vancouver to work at an Earth remote sensing company before starting her MSc in Planetary Science at UBC with Dr. Catherine L. Johnson. She uses observations collected from orbit around other planets to help determine certain characteristics about their surface or subsurface, and tie thi...
Quarantine Conversation with Prof. Rachel White - Climate Scientist
March 02, 2021 05:05 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBRachel is an Assistant Professor in Climate Dynamics in the EOAS Department. She studied physics at the University of Cambridge, before completing her PhD in Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London. She has recently moved to Vancouver after working as a post-doc in Seattle (US) and then Barcelona (Spain), and is excited to be here at UBC. Rachel enjoys climate outreach and talking to the public about climate and extreme weather, and has aspirations to one day combine her hobby of aeria...
Quarantine Conversation with Graham Young - Paleontologist
February 20, 2021 01:17 - 43 minutes - 100 MBGraham Young has degrees in Biology and Geology from the University of New Brunswick and University of Toronto. After completing a Ph.D. at UNB, he carried out postdoctoral work in Newcastle, England. Graham moved to Winnipeg in 1990 to do research at the University of Manitoba, and has worked at the Manitoba Museum since 1993. At the Museum, Graham is responsible for building collections, dealing with public inquiries, and preparing exhibits. Graham’s research focuses on ancient environments...