Name: Broc Kokesh Pronouns: He/Him/His Links: twitter.com/brockokesh Contact Me: bkokesh@uchicago.edu Position: Graduate Student, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago Education: BA in Geology and Biology, University of Minnesota Morris; MSc in Paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology How I Got Here: I started university pursuing Environmental Science, but quickly decided to double …
Name: Hannah Kempf Title: paleobiologist Correct pronouns*: she/her What is your favorite part about being a scientist and how did you get interested in science in general? I’ve been geek-ing out on rocks and animals for as long as I can remember. My family went camping a lot, and I was fortunate to be exposed …
For this “Meet the Scientist” post, we talked to Niklas Hohmann, a Paleobiology Master student from Erlangen, Germany. You are currently working on your Masters thesis. Can you explain what it is about? I examine how factors such as shell robustness, sedimentation rate, and mixing of the sediment alter the probability of shells to be …
Hi everyone! My name is Meaghan, and I’m a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia. I work in the Global Oceans Modeling Group in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and bring my zooarchaeological background to an ecological modeling project. In my spare time, I’m a west coast swing dancer, avid baker, …
Author: Gregor Mathes “[…] it’s impossible to divorce pure science from technology. They feed and stimulate each other.” –Douglas Adams When I was growing up, I imagined science offices as rooms filled with large bookshelves and occasionally a candle or two. The imagined picture of large amounts of paper combined with open fire was absolutely …
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Hello! My name is Jon Cybulski and I hail from the USA, originally from the “large” town of Coventry (its supposedly the largest town East of the Mississippi – jury is still out on that one) in the State of Rhode Island (nicknamed the Ocean State! Some foreshadowing…). Although I am currently a marine biologist …
Author: Nikas Homann Statistics is a fundamental part of natural sciences, and most people struggle with it at some point in their career. As a modeler, I spend a lot of my time reading about new statistical procedures and mathematical concepts. Here are seven approaches that help me understand math and statistics faster and better. …
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Name: Erin Dillon Position/Degree program: PhD candidate University: University of California, Santa Barbara Correct pronouns: she/her Website: https://erinmdillon.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @erinmdillon Research interests: conservation paleobiology, historical ecology, coral reefs, community ecology 1. What is your favorite part about being a scientist and how did you come to work in this field? My favorite parts about being a …
Author: Hannah Kempf Around the end of my junior year of undergrad, I started to feel burnt out, and began to doubt my abilities as a researcher and student. This surprised me, as I had always considered school to be my “thing”. To me, it made logical sense to continue my education and pursue a …
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My name is Sage Vanier and I am from small town in northern British Columbia, Canada. Growing up, I was always passionately curious about history and the lives and actions of past people. For a long time, I thought of the past and the present as completely extraneous dimensions. However, after completing my undergrad at …