An interview with Connie Englert

Current Job:  Principal & Managing Director, TrueNorth Transit Group LLC Scientific Discipline/Field: Urban Planning Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): T,L,Q LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connie-englert-2177843 What does your job involve? Owner and manager for a regional bus transportation service under contract to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. How did you get to this job (education etc.)? 27 years of... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Alanna Wing Libbrecht

Current Job:  Lead Innovation Engineer, Advanced Concepts Team, American Standard Brands. It's a lot of words, but what it means is that I help turn new ideas and technologies into new products. Scientific Discipline/Field: Mechanical Engineering -- I studied Mechanical Engineering (BS) and Product Development (MS); my current position is more focused on PD, but it requires... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Jodie Rummer

Current Job: Asst. Prof. and Australian Research Council (ARC) (early career) Discovery Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Scientific Discipline/Field: Marine biology (fish physiology) Country: Australia Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.):  LQ Website http://www.jodierummer.com Google Scholar What does your job involve? My research program is loosely described as “athletes in a... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Nathaniel Grubbs

Current Job: Postdoc Scientific Discipline/Field: Genetics Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.):  G (Cisgender) Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielgrubbs https://twitter.com/npgrubbs https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nathaniel_Grubbs What does your job involve? My current field of research is in genetic pest management. Primarily we are working on understanding a naturally-occurring selfish genetic element. Most of my actual work involves standard genetic practices: DNA and RNA... Continue Reading →

An interview with Charlotte Sophia McCarroll

Current Job: Research Associate in Cardiovascular Physiology Scientific Discipline/Field: Biological / Medical Science Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.):  B, T Twitter: @TransCharlotte Website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/icams/staff/charlottemccarroll/ What does your job involve? I am currently the lead post-doctoral researcher in a cardiac research group at the University of Glasgow.  I research myocardial function at all levels from whole... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Robert Farley

Current Job: Head of Medical Physics / Consultant Clinical Scientist at The James Cook University Hospital,  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.   Scientific Discipline/Field: Medical Physics (Radiotherapy Physics is my specialism, but I also have interests in Nuclear Medicine and Physiological Measurement) Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: http://southtees.nhs.uk/hospitals/james-cook/ Twitter: @robMedPhysics What does your... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Ruth Mills

Current Job: Lead Java Developer Scientific Discipline/Field: Information Technology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B, T What does your job involve? As a Lead Developer, I mentor and advise a team of Java software developers at a company in Birmingham, where we work on the websites for a major car manufacturer. I also regularly... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Bethany Harvey

Current Job: Environmental Educator & Grad Student Scientific Discipline/Field: I think conservation biology covers it. I've floated around in a lot of wildlife jobs. My focus in school is ecological restoration and plant ecology, and my thesis is on prescribed fire. Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): L, Q Website: overlookednature.com What does your job involve?... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Christopher A. Schmitt

Current Job: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University Scientific Discipline/Field: Biological Anthropology - Behavioral ecology and genomics of non-human primates Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G, Q Website: http://www.evopropinquitous.net http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com http://www.twitter.com/fuzzyatelin What does your job involve? My research explores mechanistic and adaptive aspects of developmental variation using techniques from behavioral ecology, physiology, morphometrics, and genomics.... Continue Reading →

An Interview with Adam J Ramsey

Current Job: PhD Student/Teaching Assistant, University of Memphis Scientific Discipline/Field: Botany – Plant Genetics Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: www.ramseyresearch.net What does your job involve? My lab studies carrot mitochondrial genetics and transmission. My PhD research is determining the fitness effects of plants being heteroplasmic (i.e. having more than one mitochondrial genome). What that really... Continue Reading →

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