I belong here

by Dr Noelia D Falcon

Education Science

Season 1

E09 - Interview with Dr Devin Swiner

Hello folks! Welcome to a new episode of this podcast. Today I have the honour to have Dr. Devin J. Swiner as a guest, Devin is a recent PhD graduate from Dr. Abraham Badu-Tawiah's lab at The Ohio State University. Since graduating from The University of Pittsburgh in 2016 with her B.S. in Chemistry, her current research is focused on developing a new ionization source for mass spectrometry using cellulose materials for applications in clinical diagnostics. At OSU, she served as Chapter President of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) and as Vice President for the Black Graduate and Professional Student Caucus. In these capacities, she is able to mentor students as they grow and develop during their programs, an effort that awarded her The Susan M. Hartmann Mentoring and Leadership Award in 2018. In her free time, she also co-runs a blog, #MacScientist, whose goal is to increase representation of black women in STEM fields, and more recently co-founded a #BlackInChem Twitter campaign, to amplify and celebrate Black chemists. Her advocacy work is documented on her professional website, Devinthechemist.com. This summer, she will start a Senior Scientist position at Merck in Rahway, NJ. WOWW!!!!

E08 - Interview with Alice Godden

Hello friends, welcome to a new episode of the I belong here Podcast! Today I had the pleasure to interview Alice Godden, a UEA friend of mine! Alice is a final year PhD student at the School of Biological Sciences, UEA. She works in Prof Wheeler's lab. Alice investigates the role of microRNAs in Xenopus neural crest development. In her spare time she also likes to try and promote Women in STEMM, raise aspirations of young people in science and generally communicate scientific research to the public. She has published articles in magazines and online which have been read all over the world. She is about to submit her PhD thesis, well done science sister!

E07- Interview with Dr Daisy Shu

Hello friends! Welcome to a new episode. Today we had the pleasure to interview Dr Daisy Shu, a Twitter personality and a real inspiration! Daisy completed her optometry degree from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She then worked as a clinical optometrist for 2 year before starting her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia in the Lens Research Laboratory supervised by Professor Frank Lovicu. Upon completion of her PhD, she flew to Boston, MA, USA to start her postdoc in Saint-Geniez Laboratory at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School. WOW!

E06- Interview with Carmen Cano

Hello folks! Welcome to a new episode. Today we have Carmen Cano with us. Carmen is originally from Guatemala but now she is a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. She's passionate about food science and food security, and she is currently doing research on microbiology of poultry products. We hope you feel as inspired by us when listening to her story!

E05 - Interview with male ambassador Professor Ben Garrod

Hello folks! Welcome to the fifth episode of this podcast, which includes our next male ambassador, the one and only Professor Ben Garrod! We are incredibly proud he is here with us. Ben is Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement at the University of East Anglia. He is also an author specialising in scientific non-fiction books for younger readers, and is an award-winning BBC science presenter, and has worked with Sir David Attenborough in ‘Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur’ as well as many of his own series. He has worked around world protecting chimpanzees, orangutans and other primates and helps promote numerous conservation and STEM education charities. Go ahead and listen to this masterpiece!

E04- Interview with male ambassador Dr John Young

Hello friends! April is a very special month for us, and not (only) because of the Easter bunny! April is our male ambassador's month, and today we have the pleasure to introduce you to the very first male ambassador of this podcast, Dr John Young! Dr John is an Associate Professor at the University of Portsmouth. John is a scientist whose research aims to understand how our bladders work, how they go wrong and what we can do to treat patients' symptoms. Recently he has focussed on discovering biomarkers for disease and developing these into tests. John has a broad background in the Biological Sciences, which he argues helps with achieving new discoveries because it's sometimes possible to approach a problem from a different angle. We hope you enjoy the episode, it has been a masterclass for us!

E03- Interview with Bria Garcia

Hello friends! So excited to share our next interview. In this episode, we have the amazing Bria Garcia. She is a second year graduate student at the University of Delaware in the organic division. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry at the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.

E02- Interview with Dr Vera Silva

Hey friends! I am very pleased to share the first episode of this podcast that involves a guest. She is one of my dearest friends, Dr Vera Silva, and she rocks! She is an amazing example of self-driven woman, and I hope you get inspired by her as much as I do. She is a Research Scientist in Oncology at Engitix Therapeutics. Her role involves discovery and validation of new therapeutic targets for pancreatic cancer adenocarcinoma. This cancer has the worst prognosis rate and there are unmet clinical need for new therapies. At Engitix they use a patented new cellular model using human ECM (extracellular matrix) to drive drug discovery and validation. WOW!

Bonus episode - International Women's Day 2021, with Dr Noelia Falcon

Hey friends. This episode is a special one, as I am celebrating the International Women's Day 2021. Please join me in this little message. Today (and also the rest of the year) I am celebrating all women. I hope you get inspired, and feel empowered, you deserve it.

E01-Welcome to the "I belong here" Podcast! with Dr Noelia Falcon, interviewed by Joseph Sandy and Sean Tattan

Let’s start the first episode with our first interview, the very own creator of this Podcast, Dr Noelia Falcon! Noelia is a Senior Research Associate working at the UEA, in Norwich, UK. Originally from Spain, she moved to the UK 6 years ago to develop her scientific career in academia. She wishes to be a lecturer and a group leader in the near future, and dreams to have her own inclusive, inspiring, and energetic research group. She believes women earn a place in science every day and it is ready to showcase it to the world! She also loves fashion, makeup, and bright colours!

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