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We've got brains on the brain today because we have brilliant brainiac Jarildy Javier on the blog! Jarildy is a PhD candidate in neuroscience at Emory, and she also has a BA in biology from Colby College. Jarildy is studying the relationships between evolution, neurobiology, animal behaviors, and ecosystems, which makes us want to say "whoa" in the best possible way.
We're elated to have the littoral legend Katie O'Reilly on the blog today! Not only is Katie's research invaluable to understanding wetlands and our freshwater fish friends' fascinating food webs, but she's also making a splash in scicomm.
Dr. Kitty Yeung is one of the sharpest, most creative individuals out there, and we are psyched to share her thoughts on the intersections of the intellect and imagination!
You can't talk about wearable tech and digital fabrication without the name Sophy Wong coming to mind. Sophy's a designer, maker, writer, speaker, and all around technological badass.
Nineteen-year-old Brooklynite Karina Popovich is a STEM advocate, maker, and entrepreneur. She's the founder of 3D printing clothing brand Alpha, charitable PPE organization Makers for COVID-19, and nonprofit group Connect with Tech.
Riddle us this: what's the most fun and challenging way to connect girls with STEM during a pandemic? Create an online puzzle hunt! That's exactly what today's interviewee Joy Shi did! Joy, a recent high school graduate, is the founder and president of inteGIRLS, a nonprofit organization in the D.C. Metro Area.
Rafi Nova is a fair-trade fashion company that began by making travel accessories, specifically backpacks and pouches to make traveling easy for families and to connect global communities.
Today's post proves that shooting for the stars pays off because we have the astronomically awesome Kaitlyn Ludlam on the blog today! Kaitlyn — or AstroBot Kaitlyn as she's known online — is a STEM advocate who founded her own nonprofit, AstroBot STEM, while in high school.
She's a bionic model, a social media sensation, a globe-trotting motivational speaker, and she's here on the blog today! She's none other than Tilly Lockey!
Space fans and scicomm supporters are in for an out-of-this-world STEM treat today because we have Dr. Claudia Antolini on the blog!
This week, we're shining spotlights on individuals who are doing all they can to make a difference in these strange, unsettling, and dangerous times. From inventors to innovators to volunteers and scicommers and celebrities, we are blown away by how many rad folks are using everything at their disposal to help as much as possible.
Our name totally gives it away, but here at Style Engineers Worldwide love fashion. What's more, we adore innovative fashion – when couturiers solve real world problems through clothing design. It's literally our whole thing, so we are thrilled to highlight some of our favorite brands who have pivoted from producing their next collection to sewing masks during the COVID-19 crisis.
There's a reason #TechForGood is one of our favorite hashtags at Style Engineers Worldwide. It's because we believe in the power of people to unite through technology – to create solutions designed to lessen hardships. As we've seen over the last many weeks, the COVID-19 crisis has proven an opportunity for good to shine through in these dark times, and seeing people come up with innovative solutions brightens our outlook.
We are extremely thrilled to have the brilliant scicommer Sophia Gad-Nasr on the blog today! She's astounding; she works in dark matter, and this post will brighten the heck out of your day! (Spoiler alert: it even has hamsters.)
Wondering where the best place in the world to have your period is? Today we’re featuring the fabulous Aisle, a company that creates reusable menstrual products!
We are especially excited to have one of our favorite space nerds and moon evangelists on the blog today! It's Rose DF, also known on Twitter as @_Astro_Nerd_, and moongazing moon-pies, we couldn't be more, well, over the moon to interview her!
She's a mechanical engineer, a pageant star, and she speaks five languages fluently. She's Naina Runnoo, and we are thrilled to have her on the blog today! Naina's resume is glam and STEM combined, and we are here for it.
If heat represents energy transferred, then today's post is on fire because we have Dr. Sarah Johnson on the blog today! Sarah is a true force of nature in the STEM education and SciComm world and it's relativity-ly easy to see why.
This summer, NASA will launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Today, we have planetary scientist and Mars 2020 Rover Mastcam-Z Operations Engineer Corrine Rojas on the blog!
What happens when you mix a love of space exploration, an unparalleled understanding of glamour, and a commitment to empowerment and inclusion? You get none other than STEM superstar Bianca Vasquez!
If you're all about inclusivity, environmental engineering, and rad #womeninSTEM, then this post is perfect for you because we have Julie Johnson on the blog today! Julie a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota where her Environmental Engineering research involves the study of wastewater microbiomes. She's also a National Science Foundation Fellow and an advocate and role model for LGBTQ+ youth.
Ever played capture the flag on the computer? Put a white hat on to test web security? Revealed election vulnerabilities at DEF CON? Today's interviewee has. That's right, we've got BiaSciLab on the blog today!
If you're a fan of science and art colliding, then you'll be drawn to today's post like a fruit fly to, well, a tasty piece of fruit. That's right, art appreciators, we've got sciart creator Michele Banks on the blog today. Michele, a.k.a Artologica, is a big name in the sciart world and even bears the distinctly cool designation of 'The Monet of Drosophila' to prove it.
What's that delicious aroma radiating from your web browser? It's today's tasty blog post about Ashie Bhandiwad, a bio-scientist who is also the founder of StemChef! StemChef is an escape room for kids that combines two things we love: STEM education and cooking up scrumptious noms. That's some #SciComm you can sink your teeth into.
Are you wearing laser protective eyewear to read this webpage? If not, put 'em on right now because today we're interviewing Professor Andrea Armani, and she's got a dangerously cool career that includes everything from research to teaching to even lasers.
Wave your tentacles in the air like you just don't care! You read that right, squad. Thanks to today's post, we are all suckers — suckers for squids and scicomm that is — because we have the inimitable Sarah McAnulty on the blog today. Sarah is a squid biologist and the founder of Skype a Scientist, an organization that connects classrooms and other groups of kids to scientists via a Skype session.
Ever looked for a muse in a microscope? Found beauty in bacteria? Unearthed inspiration in the insect world? Science artist Peggy Muddles has — and she has the stunning sciart portfolio to prove it. Peggy, a.k.a. The Vexed Muddler, creates art related to all kinds of scientific phenomena from single-celled organisms to the cosmos.
Welcome to part two of our Q&A with Zero Hour featuring Zeena Abdulkarim! Zeena is an organizer with Zero Hour who works with the advocacy and finance team, and her hard work and commitment to (and passion for) justice casts her as a shining example for those who truly want to make this world — truly — a better place.
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Put your space shields on, because we've got Dr. Luz María Martínez Sierra on the blog today, and she radiates radical awesomeness. Luz María is a nuclear engineer and space environments technologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.