This Is What A Scientist Looks Like

The series will feature scientists sharing what it is they do and how they ended up there. If you're interested in participating, please contact us at [email protected] and put "Podcast" in the subject line.

My greatest passion outside of science is acting. The above photo was of my most recent show, which I did with the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre. I hope to someday merge my passions for science and performance into a career with the Discovery Channel or some other science media outlet. Aside from acting, I enjoy dancing, singing, and reading (sci-fi/fantasy mostly).

My name is Rowan Martindale and I am a paleoecologist, currently doing postdoctoral research at Harvard. My research is a cross between paleontology and carbonate sedimentology (the photo is from the Austrian Alps where I do field work). I study the paleoecology of reefs and carbonate ecosystems from 230-170 million years ago as well as mass extinctions, invertebrate fossils (such as corals and sponges), and ocean acidification in deep time. I love SCUBA diving, horseback riding, knitting, swing dancing, and hiking!

David Liao, PhD, physics--enjoys singing and creating video tutorials at lookatphysics.com

My name is Carla Koretsky and I am an aqueous geochemist. This is me running my first ever trail marathon, the Mont Blanc marathon in France.

I learned how to cross-country ski (and love the winter) when I was in graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin. I also now love to snowboard.

My name is Mike Feigin and I study cancer biology.  I like punk rock, baseball and cooking.

I'm Emily, a particle physicist. The experiment I work on is located at a nuclear power plant in the French countryside. You can see the cooling towers and reactor buildings behind me. I love science and I enjoy writing about it -- you can read my blog at weakinteractions.tumblr.com.

I'm a graduate student studying the conservation genetics of Barn Owls. While I love petting fluffy owl chicks, my fondness for animals isn't limited to charismatic wildlife with big eyes, but rather ranges anything from nudibranchs to sculpins to cats. (Photo courtesy of Isabelle Groc).

I am interested in combining classical virology and computational biology to provide an overarching view of what happens in a cell or a whole organism during a viral infection. My PhD research at Columbia University centered on picornavirus inhibition of the interferon response, while my postdoctoral work at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai focused on innate immune responses to flaviviruses such as dengue virus and yellow fever virus. I currently research the host response to avian influenza at the University of Washington. When I am not studying virus-host interactions, I mentor young scientists and design science education tools.

Anne Weaver. I am a paleoanthropologist (I study human evolution) and an author (The Voyage of the Beetle, Children of Time).

I do not dance ;)

I am a soil scientist/resource specialist for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Division of Soil Conservation.  I spend my spare time poking around outside, camping (as here, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula), reading comic books, watching films of almost any sort, and writing terrible short stories.

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Hi!  My name is Marie.  I love biology.  As a molecular oncologist with an emphasis in murine genetics and models of cancer, I identified some of the SNPs responsible for tumorigenesis and metastasis.  I'm now an application scientist in a biotech company.  Thank you for starting this project!  This is what a scientist looks like!  

Exciting times at the National Synchrotron Radiation Source. Brent assessing the data collected on minerals compressed to pressures equivalent to several hundred kilometers depth in the Earth. 

Hi there, I'm Sam, final year PhD student in computer science (working on logic-based knowledge bases). In my little spare time I run tech events for girls and women which sometimes require fancy dress, love to go hiking, and fuss over my house rabbit.