Our 10th episode features Dr. Anna Ho, an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Cornell, who studies explosive transient astrophysical phenomena! We begin with a quick introduction, and then get into our conversation with Dr. Ho where she talks about her research, her career path, ways that we can make astrophysics a more inclusive field for the future, and much more!
Our 9th episode features Dr. Mansi Kasliwal, a Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, who is an award-winning researcher in high energy and time-domain astrophysics! We begin with a quick introduction where we go over our thoughts on the interview. We then get into our conversation with Dr. Kasliwal, where she talks about her research, her career journey from growing up in India to becoming a Professor at Caltech, her experiences as a South Asian woman in the astrophysics field, and much more!
Our 8th episode features Kyle Kabasares, a PhD candidate at UC Irvine studying supermassive black holes! We begin our interview by going over an NPR article called "Southeast Asians are underrepresented in STEM. The label 'Asian' boxes them out more" by Deepa Shivaram that Kyle shared with us. We then talk about his research, his experiences as a Filipino-American and the lack of SE Asian representation in STEM, his Youtube channel, and much more!
Our 7th episode features Junellie González Quiles, a third-year PhD student at Johns Hopkins University studying the planetary interiors of exoplanets. We begin with a quick introduction and Simi discusses her first few weeks of law school and some takeaways from our interview, where we talk about Junellie's research, her journey from Puerto Rico, the importance of prioritizing mental health in academia, and more!
Our 6th guest on Cosmos Crusaders is Dr. Ronald Gamble, a Visiting Assistant Research Scientist and Cosmic Origins Scientist at NASA Goddard and UMD College Park. We start off with our thoughts on Dr. Gamble's interview as well as what we have learned from doing six episodes of the podcast so far. We then get into our interview with Dr. Gamble, where we talk about his research on high-energy relativistic jets from supermassive black holes, his unique career path, increasing minority representation in the field, de-stigmatizing uncommon career paths, and more!