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Cosmos CrusadersDr. Anna Ho - Astronomy Professor at Cornell | Cosmos Crusaders | Episode 10Our 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!
2023-03-251h 01Cosmos CrusadersDr. Mansi Kasliwal - Astronomy Professor at Caltech | Cosmos Crusaders | Episode 9Our 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!
2022-11-101h 03Cosmos CrusadersKyle Kabasares - PhD candidate at UC Irvine | Cosmos Crusaders | Episode 8Our 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!
2022-10-041h 08Cosmos CrusadersJunellie González Quiles - PhD Student at Johns Hopkins Unversity | Cosmos Crusaders | Episode 7Our 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!
2022-09-061h 02Cosmos CrusadersDr. Ronald Gamble - Research Scientist at NASA Goddard | Cosmos Crusaders | Episode 6Our 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!
2022-08-102h 09Cosmos CrusadersEvan Haze Núñez- PhD Candidate at Caltech | Cosmos Crusaders - Episode 5Our 5th guest on Cosmos Crusaders is Evan Haze Núñez, an incoming fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Caltech. We begin episode 5 with a quick introduction before getting right into our interview with Evan, where we talk about his research, experiences as an Afro-Latine scientist, community college and bridge programs impacts on the field, and more!
2022-07-201h 09Cosmos CrusadersEll Bogat - PhD Student at UMD College Park | Cosmos Crusaders - Episode 4Our fourth guest on Cosmos Crusaders is Ell Bogat, an incoming second year Astronomy PhD student at the University of Maryland College Park! We begin with Gokul giving a recap of his time at AAS 240, and our thoughts on Ell's interview. We then get into our conversation with Ell, where we talk about their research on direct imaging of exoplanets, their experiences as a non-binary and trans scientist, increasing gender inclusivity in the field, and more!
2022-06-281h 11Cosmos CrusadersDr. Kishalay De- NASA Einstein Post-Doctoral Fellow at MIT | Cosmos Crusaders - Episode 3Our next guest on Cosmos Crusaders is our first post-doctoral scholar Kishalay De, a NASA Einstein Fellow at MIT! We begin with a short update on our co-host Gokul's first year of graduate school coming to a close, and our thoughts on Kishalay's Interview. We then get into Kishalay's interview, where we talk about his broad range of time-domain astronomy research, background growing up in Kolkata, India, graduate school experience at Caltech as an immigrant scientist, effective mentoring strategies, and more!
2022-05-311h 26Cosmos CrusadersGiannina Guzmán Caloca- PhD Student at UMD College ParkOur next guest on Cosmos Crusaders is Giannina Guzmán Caloca, a second year Astronomy PhD student at the University of Maryland College Park! We begin by talking about why we named our show "Cosmos Crusaders", and our thoughts on our conversation with Giannina. We then get into Giannina's interview, where we talk about her research on exoplanets, his personal journey, growing up in Puerto Rico, how important a work-life balance is in graduate school, and much more!
2022-05-101h 25Cosmos CrusadersIsiah Holt - PhD Student at UMD College ParkOur first guest on Cosmos Crusaders is Isiah Holt, a second year Astronomy PhD student at the University of Maryland College Park. We begin by introducing the hosts of the show, Gokul Srinivasaragavan and Simi Bhullar, and their motivation for starting Cosmos Crusaders. We then get into Isiah's interview, where we talk about his research on neutron stars, his personal journey, his desire to implement inclusive learning practices, and much more!
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