My Journey as a Physicist

Dr. Allena Opper (she/her): Season 3 Episode 13

Dr. Allena Opper (she/her) National Science Foundation I am a nuclear physicist and have done experiments at laboratories across north America. I’ve been a professor at O

Prof. Haiyan Gao (she/her): Season 3 Episode 12

I am a Chinese-American physicist, and I love gardening, cooking, walking and music. I have joint appointments between Brookhaven National Lab and Duke University. I am a

Prof. Abhay Deshpande (he/him): Season 3 Episode 11

I am an experimentalist working the field of nuclear and particle physics. I am a SUNY Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University. I also serve as the Electron Ion

Prof. Filomena Nunes (she/her): Season3 Episode 10

I am a theoretical physicist at Michigan Sate University working on nuclear science. I am a mother. I really enjoy interacting with people and nature. My research is on t

Prof & Chair of Physics, Shelly Lesher (she/her): Season 3 Episode 9

I am an experimental nuclear physicist at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, and I also love traveling and playing fetch with my dog. I work on the vibrations (struct

Prof./Dr. Ramona Vogt (she/her): Season 3 Episode 8

I am a nuclear physicist at LLNL and UC Davis, involved in APS leadership and I run far-ish. My research involves both heavy flavor production, mostly in cold nuclear mat

Prof. Lindley Winslow (she/her): Season 3 Episode 7

I am an experimental nuclear physicist at MIT. I like hiking and skiing on the weekends with my husband, three kids and our dog (the two cats usually stay home). My work

Prof. Vincenzo Cirigliano (he/his): Season 3 Episode 6

I'm a theoretical physicist at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington, and I also (try to) play guitar. I work on low-energy probes of physics b

Prof. Grigory Rogachev (he/him): Season 3 Episode 5

I am a physicist at Texas A&M University focusing on experimental nuclear physics, and I also like playing tennis and golf, fishing and reading books. I use particle acce

Prof. Rebecca Surman (she/her): Season 3 Episode 4

I am a theoretical nuclear astrophysicist at the University of Notre Dame interested in the formation of the elements. I am also the mother of one daughter and doting aun

Dr. Bjoern Schenke (he/him): Season 3 Episode 3

I am a theoretical nuclear physicist. I like running, painting, photography, fixing things, some gardening, traveling, and electronic music. I work on describing all aspe

Prof. Xiaochao Zheng (she/her): Season 3 Episode 2

I am a Chinese American Physicist at the University of Virginia and a mother of three. I like running, swimming, painting, gardening, and trying new things. I used to pla

Prof. Gail Dodge (she/her): Season 3 Episode 1

I am a medium energy experimentalist (otherwise known these days as cold QCD) and I am also the Dean of the College of Sciences at ODU. I do experiments related to unders

Prof. R. Sekhar Chivukula (he/his): Season 2 Episode 12

Season 2 Episode 12 I am an American theoretical particle physicist of Indian origin, and I also enjoy hiking, travel, and meditation. I study theories of the origin of

Dr. Julia Gonski: Season 2 Episode 11

"I am a high energy experimental physicist, searching for new fundamental particles using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. My work is split betwe

Prof. Marcelle Soares-Santos: Season 2 Episode 10

Season 2 Episode 10 Professor Soares-Santos’ research aims to uncover the nature of the accelerated expansion of the cosmos. Her team detected the first neutron star col

Prof. Tao Han (he/him/his): Season 2 Episode 9

Season 2 Episode 9 I am a theoretical particle physicist, specializing in collider phenomenology, a theoretical branch that builds the bridge between theory and experime

Dr. Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (he/him/his): Season 2 Episode 8

Season 2 Episode 8 I am a Black physicist, originally from Togo. I enjoy playing Djembe and swimming. I do research on the ATLAS experiment searching for dark sector sta

Prof. Meenakshi Narain (She/Her): Season 2 Episode 7

Season 2 Episode 7 I am an Asian-Indian American Physicist, who traveled from Gorakhpur, UP, India and finally settled in Providence, RI USA, with my German husband and

Prof. Laura Baudis (She/her): Season 2 Episode 6

Season 2 Episode 6   I am a Romanian-born German-Swiss astroparticle physicist and I also enjoy reading poetry, hiking and kayaking on Swiss lakes. My research is focuse