Women In Environmental Science & Engineering

Nov 27 2023 4
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Currently: 13K listeners! 73% women+! 27% male supporters! 113 countries! Let's inspire our communities and educate them on the diverse environmental issues leaders in environmental engineering/science are doing! WIESE is a space for Women+ In STEM to share the issues they face in the industry, the solutions they make, the roadblocks they push through, and what they learning to teach society to keep the environment clean! Enjoy!

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Episode #41: Dr. Adriana Bankston talks about transitioning to scientific policy, the power of workshops, and success in implementing a law

Nov 27 2023 60 mins  
Adriana Bankston is a Senior Fellow in Civic Science & Public Policy with Sigma Xi, where she leads a project that examines science policy engagement at the state level and determines the skills, knowledge, and resources required by scientists to successfully influence public policy. Prior to this role, Adriana was a Principal Legislative Analyst at the University of California

Episode #40: Danielle Becker-Polinski talks about coral reefs, innovative research (epigentics!), and the multifacetedness of marine biology

Oct 18 2023 56 mins  
Danielle Becker-Polinski is currently a Ph.D. student in Dr. Hollie M. Putnam's Eco-Physiology and Environmental Epigenetics of Marine Invertebrates Lab at the University of Rhode Island. Danielle is broadly interested in the ecophysiology within coral reef ecosystems and how global climate change and genomic processes influence coral population dynamics for generations to come

Episode #39: Dr. Lydia Jahl talks about harmful chemicals, public policy, and advocating for sustainable development

Sep 06 2023 57 mins  
Dr. Lydia Jahl is a science and policy associate at the Green Science Policy Institute. There, she collaborates with other scientists, businesses, and policymakers to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in everyday products. Dr. Jahl is a chemist by training, receiving a BS in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College and a PhD in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research jo

Episode #37: Dr. Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón

Jul 17 2023 63 mins  
Dr. Nevárez-Moorillón has been a full-time professor at the School of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico, for the last 37 years. She graduated as a bacteriological chemist from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. She completed her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of North Texas studying the bioremediation of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons,

Episode #36: Sandy Castellano talks about scientific outreach, geochemistry analysis, and the future

Jun 14 2023 34 mins  
Sandy Castellano has a B.S. Earth Sciences with a Concentration in Environmental Science (graduated 2018) and an M.S. Sustainability Science (anticipated graduation Dec 2022). Currently, Castellano is a graduate student at Montclair State University and working as a teaching assistant leading two labs classes for introduction level geology. Castellano is a Latina in STEM and proudl

Episode #35: Dr. Maddie Smith talks about sea ice loss, climate change, and using technology

May 14 2023 44 mins  
Dr. Maddie Smith is an Assistant Scientist in the Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Motivated by the loss of sea ice in a rapidly changing climate, her research uses observations and modeling approaches to understand how sea ice interacts with the ocean. Her fieldwork has taken her to the oceans at both ends of the earth, in

Episode #34: Dr. Francesca De Domenico talks about sustainable transportation, hydrogen powered planes, and green infrastructure

Apr 08 2023 64 mins  
Dr. Francesca De Domenico is an Assistant Professor in Novel Aircraft Propulsion at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft. She has a passion for flames and sustainability and her research goal is to disruptively change the way in which we power aircrafts, to make them greener and more sustainable. Specifically, she is interested in developing airplane engines which safel

Episode #33: Phebe Bonilla talks about designing water treatment plants, climate change, and capturing carbon dioxide

Mar 25 2023 56 mins  
Phebe Bonilla is a Mexican environmental engineer. She did her undergrad in Puebla, her home city, where she worked for CAISEH, a consultancy company dedicated to doing environmental impact assessments. After finishing her degree, Phebe worked at MAV Integral Engineering and helped design wastewater treatment plants. The following year, she undertook her postgraduate studies at the

Episode #32: Constance Schéré talks about marine protected areas, policy regarding our oceans, and citizen science

Feb 14 2023 49 mins  
Constance Schéré is a PhD candidate at King's College London in the Department of Geography. Her research focusses on the effectiveness of Irish Sea marine protected areas as a sustainable biological conservation tool. Constance has a MSc in Biodiversity, Territory, and Environment (BIOTERRE) from the Sorbonne (Université de Paris 1: Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2017) and a MSc in Enviro

Episode #31: Dr. Kang Lan Tee talks about bioplastics, biochemical engineering, and entrepreneurship

Jan 28 2023 61 mins  
Dr. Kang Lan Tee is recognized for her work in directed evolution, protein engineering, adaptive laboratory evolution and sustainable biomanufacturing. Her contributions to the field include new molecular methods, novel promoters, improved enzymes and enhanced microbial strains for sustainable feedstock utilization. In 2019, she was awarded the Global Challenges Research Fellowship