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#STEMStories: Ying Wan Loh, Manufacturing Engineer, UK
Aug 25, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, what do you do? Hello! My name is Ying Wan Loh and I am a manufacturing engineer. I have worked for Rolls-Royce in the civil aerospace division and soon to be joining McKinsey Operations as a junior specialist in manufacturing. As a manufacturing engineer, I use data to streamline production methods. In 2019, I won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the...
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#STEMStories: Laila, PhD Student in Astrophysics, Germany
Aug 18, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, what do you do? Hi, I am Laila Linke. I am a PhD student in astrophysics at the University of Bonn. My research interest lies in cosmology, which is the science of the origin and evolution of the Universe and its main components, such as the mysterious dark matter. I analyze data from gravitational lensing - a process by which dark matter changes the images of galaxies and from this hope to learn...
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#STEMStories: Dr. Nikki, PhD in Neuroscience, England
Aug 04, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? Hi, I’m Dr. Nikki Buckner. I recently completed my PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Bristol, UK.During my PhD, I used molecular biology to study what happens inside brain cells which die in neurodegenerative illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease. I now work for the NHS (the National Health Service in the UK), in a Clinical Genetics Laboratory. I am a Genetic...
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#STEMStories: Joyonna, Scientist, USA
Aug 01, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you, and what do you do? Hi! I am Dr. Joyonna Gamble-George. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biology with Honors in Mathematics from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Master of Health Administration from the University of South Florida College of Public Health, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University. During my doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, I became an...
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#STEMStories: Yasha, Chemistry PhD Student, USA
Jul 23, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? Hi! I’m Yasha Duggal, a chemistry PhD student at Penn State University. I study how bacteria talk with each other and their environment through small molecules. 2. How did you arrive at this career (or point in your life/work)? Was it always something you knew you wanted to do? This was not something I always wanted to do! When I started college I was a premed and...
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#STEMStories: Tara-Lyn, Evolutionary Biologist, Australia
Jul 16, 2020
1. Introduce yourself, who are you what do you do? I am an evolutionary biologist currently completing a PhD; I work in experimental evolutionary ecology, using fruit flies. That means I design experiments to see how evolution might drive changes we see in flies. Right now, I am giving flies different combinations of diets and monitoring their fitness and the fitness of their offspring. 2. How did you arrive at this career (or...
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