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Journeys of Scientists

This 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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Episode 50 - Sarah Tymochko

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/10/06

Sarah is a 5th year PhD student in the department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering. Her research interests include applied and computational topology, time series analysis, and machine learning. Outside of math, she spends most of her time playing with her dog, Bella. 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

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Episode 49 - Jane Kim

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/09/29

Jane is a 4th year PhD candidate studying nuclear many-body problems and ways machine learning can improve existing computational methods. On her free time, she likes to hike and crochet. 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,

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Episode 48 - Karina Martirosova

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2021/09/22

Karina is a 3rd year graduate student pursuing a PhD in Physics. She works at FRIB on applying bayesian analysis and modeling to heavy-ion collision research to gain a better understanding of quark-gluon plasma properties. 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

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Episode 47 - Sarah McGuire

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2021/09/15

Sarah is a 3rd year PhD student in the department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (CMSE). Her current research interests involve applied topology and machine learning applications for graph structured data. Her non-math interests include running, crocheting, and doing jigsaw puzzles. 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

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Episode 46 - Olivia Utley

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2021/09/08

Olivia is a 5th year PhD candidate studying predator effects on prey behavior in agroecosystems. She is currently working with American Kestrels (North America’s smallest falcon) in Michigan cherry crops. 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,

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Episode 45 - Erik Amézquita

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2021/09/01

Erik is a PhD candidate in Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (CMSE). His research focuses on bridging mathematics, x-rays, and plant biology. Raised in Guatemala, college-educated in Mexico, he moves north one country at a time. Whenever he is not cursing at his own non-working code, he enjoys cycling year-round throughout mid-Michigan. 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

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Episode 44 - Jen Fry

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/08/25

Jen Fry is a PhD student in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at MSU. "The purpose of my research is to use the experiences of current and former Black female volleyball players who have played internationally to inform coaches, agents, parents, and staff who support pre-professional Black female volleyball players, and the Black female volleyball players themselves, who are currently playing collegiate volleyball and considering playing professionally on the experiences

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Episode 43 - Chloe Lewis

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2021/08/18

Chloe Lewis is a 4th year graduate student pursing a PhD in mathematics and a master’s degree in mathematics education. Her mathematical research focus is on algebraic topology where she studies spectral sequences for Real topological Hochschild homology. Her mathematics education research interests lie in quantitative literacy courses and the way that students think about quantitative arguments in news media. Chloe is a member of the MSU chapters of the Association for Women in Mathematics

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Episode 42 - Yoani Herrera

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/08/11

Yoani is a Neuroscience PhD student at the University of Michigan's Medical School. She got her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from UMich, and is now studyingsynaptic and network mechanisms used by neural circuits in the auditory system for encoding sound and speech for her graduatestudies. 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

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Episode 41 - Andrés Galindo Olarte

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/08/04

Andrés is an incoming 4th year PhD student in the Department of Mathematics. His researchbroadly consist in how to best numerically approximate solutions for Partial Differential Equations that appear in Mathematical-Physics. He investigates both theory and computational algorithms. He is also an international student coming from Colombia and the president of Comunidad Latinoamericana at MSU(CLA),CLA is a student organization that promotes culture and community for international students from

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Episode 40 - Artemis Tsantiri (she/her)

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2021/07/28

Artemis 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 website

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Episode 39 - Katlyn Hettinger

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2021/07/21

Katlyn 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 and astronomy

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Episode 38 - Anna Haber

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/07/14

Anna 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 would like

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Episode 37 - Dasmen Richards

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/07/07

Dasmen 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 to learn

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Episode 36 - Camille Mikolas

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2021/06/30

Camille 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 like to

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Episode 35 - Aubrey Lokey

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2021/06/23

Aubrey 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, orrecommendsomeoneto be interviewed on

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Episode 34 - Melinda Meiring

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2021/06/16

Melinda 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://pa.msu.edu

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Episode 33 - Gabbie Baillargeon

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/06/09

Gabbie 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.wamps.org

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Episode 32 - Adrienne Bonar

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/06/02

Adrienne 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, questions,

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Episode 31 - Lili Gloe

Journeys of Scientists ·

2021/05/26

Lili 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 you would

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