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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 21 – Didem Sarikaya, Developmental and Evolutionary Biologist

Interview with Didem Sarikaya, Developmental and Evolutionary Biologist, soon to be Harvard PhD, also an artist. Didem is interested in understanding how animals grown. She combines tools in developmental genetics, comparative evo-devo, and fieldwork in fruit flies (Drosophila) to investigate how animals make organs of different sizes.

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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 18 – Melanie Stegman, Biochemist, Founder of Molecular Jig Games

melaniestegman Interview with Melanie Stegman, Biochemistry PhD & Founder of Molecular Jig Games. Melanie Stegman, Ph.D., Founder and Creative Director of Molecular Jig Games is convinced that cellular biology is the greatest fantasy world ever and that biochemistry is an inherently fun puzzle. Molecular Jig makes games to teach the average human how cells work. Stegman earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, studying the regulation of gene expression that causes cancer and birth defects. As a post doctoral scientist at Weill Cornell, NYC, Stegman studied DNA repair in the human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Current projects are the development and evaluation of Immune Defense (www.MolecularJig.com/Immune-Defense-Game) and the development of the ScienceGameCenter.org where video games that teach science are reviewed by scientists, teachers, game developers and players.

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Kickstarter for Immune Defense Game
January 10th Kickstarter party (Seattle, WA)
Immune Defense Game
Immune Attack Game
Molecular Jig Games
Melanie on Twitter
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Women in Cell Biology Group (ASCB-WICB)
International Game Developers Association (IGDA)

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Alison Criscitiello – a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Women in STEM Podcast Episode 13 – Pinshane Huang, Materials Research Scientist, Applied Physicist

Interview with Pinshane Huang, who has a phd in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.

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Pinshane’s Google Scholar Citations
Bending World’s Thinnest Glass Shows Atoms’ Dance
SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS: PINSHANE HUANG (Cornell University)

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Alison Criscitiello – a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Women in STEM Podcast Episode 12 – Alison Criscitiello, Glaciologist

Interview with Alison Criscitiello, a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry.

Hosted by Sarah Worsham.

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Women in STEM Podcast Episode 11 – Amanda Liesch, Soil Physics PhD Student

Interview with Amanda Liesch, Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University.

Hosted by Sarah Worsham.

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Alison Criscitiello – Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Lucy Shapiro, Pioneering Biologist, Will Receive 2014 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from The Rockefeller University

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Lucy Shapiro, professor of developmental biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will receive the 2014 Pearl meister Greengard Prize, which celebrates the achievements of outstanding women in science, from The Rockefeller University. Shapiro’s work in developmental biology illuminated the mechanisms that control the differentiation of cells in all living things, from the simplest organisms to the most complex.

“The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize spotlights the extraordinary role women play in the sciences,” said Nobel Laureate Paul Greengard, who is Vincent Astor Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University. “By highlighting the work of today’s most accomplished female researchers, we hope to show young women that not only is it possible to succeed in the STEM fields, it’s possible to change the way we see the world. Dr. Shapiro’s work is exemplary of that premise.”

Greengard, along with his wife, sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, founded the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize in 2003, named in honor of Greengard’s mother, who died during his birth. Greengard dedicated his Nobel honorarium to provide the seed funding for what he envisioned as a yearly salute to women’s accomplishments in what remains a male-dominated field. Over the past 11 years, a generous group of University donors has joined the Greengards in support of the Prize.

“It is a great honor to receive an award that recognizes the contributions of women in science and highlights our presence in the wonderful journey of scientific discovery,” Shapiro said. “All science, now more than ever, is a collaborative effort and through the years I have shared the rich experience of gleaning scientific insights with a cadre of women and men of amazing abilities.”

Winners of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, who receive a $100,000 honorarium, are selected by a committee of ten extraordinary scientists, five of them winners of the Nobel Prize.

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize ceremony is open to the public, but registration is required. For more information, please visit greengardprize.rockefeller.edu.

Women in STEM Podcast Episode 10 – Heather Olins, Organismic and Evolutionary Biologist

Interview with Heather Olins, PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology.

Hosted by Sarah Worsham.

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Links to Heather:

The Girguis Lab (where she works): http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/girguis/
Nature Nerding episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxI9pnaouG8
Nature Nerding episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M908hdsspjQ
Heather’s website: http://www.heatherolins.com/
Heather’s photography: https://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherolins/

Other References:

Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program (for college students): http://mystic.williams.edu/
Shoals Marine Lab: http://www.sml.cornell.edu/
Alvin Science Verification Cruise: http://alvinverification.whoi.edu/
Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI): http://www.whoi.edu/
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: http://www.mbari.org/
Sylvia Earle’s ocean conservation initiative Mission Blue: http://mission-blue.org/

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Alison Criscitiello – Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Women in STEM Podcast Episode 9 – Lauren Aycock, Many-body Physicist

Interview with Lauren Aycock, Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.

Hosted by Sarah Worsham.

Music is Light Emotions by MIGmusic.

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Alison Criscitiello – Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology.
Supriya Hobbs – Co-Founder and CEO of Miss Possible
Olivia Pavco-Giaccia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Marie Webster – Research Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Wistar Institute. Marie has a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and a bachelors in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

Physics Girl Interviews Emily Calandrelli about The Vomit Comet #WomenInSTEM

Ever wonder what NASA’s Vomit Comet is like? Wonder what microgravity feels like? Physics Girl interviews Emily Calandrelli who is the host and co-producer of FOX’s Xploration Outer Space. She’s a graduate from MIT and WVU with degrees in aeronautics, astronautics, technology and policy. Follow Physics Girl on YouTube and Emily at her website.

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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 4 – Marie Webster, research scientist & post-doctoral fellow at The Wistar Institute

Interview with Marie Webster, Post-doctoral Fellow and research scientist at The Wistar Institute with a PhD in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences.

Hosted by Sarah Worsham.

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Colleen Layman – President-Elect of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Vice President and Resources Business Group Water Principal at HDR
Natalie Silvanovich – Information Security Engineer on Android Security Team at Google and Tamagotchi Hacker
Elizabeth Bierman – President of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Senior Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Kaitlyn Bunker – PhD in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech and recently joined Rocky Mountain Institute. Kaitlyn is interested in microgrids and distributed renewable resources.
Pinshane Huang – PhD in applied physics and is a postdoc at Columbia University in the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center. She is a photographer for tiny things.
Alison Criscitiello – Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, as a glaciologist studying ice core chemistry
Amanda Liesch – Master Hole Digger, Queen of Soils and a Soil Physics PhD Student at North Carolina State University
Heather Olins – PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, studying deep sea hydrothermal vent microbial ecology.
Lauren Aycock – Graduate student in Physics at Cornell University & Joint Quantum Institute. Lauren is doing guest research at National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) on many-body physics.
Supriya Hobbs – CEO & Co-Founder of Miss Possible.
Olivia Pavco-Giacia – Founder & CEO of LabCandy and Junior in Cognitive Sciences at Yale University.
Shayna Simon – Electrical Engineering student at the University of Michigan. She has also been a hardware development and application development intern at General Motors.
Marlin Page – Founder of Sisters Code. Served as a technology executive of a Fortune 500 company, Deputy CIO for the City of Detroit and now is CEO of a Tech Staffing Company.
Sarina Peterson & Brianna Rapini – Co-Creators of the YouTube channel, The Amoeba Sisters.
Jessica Kirkpatrick – Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
Katie McGill – Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of YouTube channel, The Physics Factor.

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