Harriett Gaston: Collecting Black History
Meet Harriett Gaston. This Altoona neighbor collects Black history in Blair County, including the story of an Underground Railroad conductor who was the county’s first civil rights leader.
SciTech Now – Women in Science Profiles
Meet a woman with a hacker mentality who wants more people to learn the international language of math. Also, a Penn State professor/entrepreneur with a vision of a wireless world using both science and art. See why a good work-life balance is the path to nurturing a healthy mind. Hear from a scientist who’s an advocate of including more indigenous and minority populations in human gene studies.
SciTech Now – Astronauts and Women Who Code
Watch our interview with Zena Cardman, a Penn State grad student in microbiology, who was selected to NASA’s 2017 class of astronauts! Also, learn about women who do coding, and the regenerative powers of the hydra.
SciTech Now – Producing a Show
See how scientists at Penn State produce and plan an award winning show that educates an audience and develops future standouts in the world of meteorology; Epidemiologists in North Carolina track the evolution and geographic spread of Zika; Science Friday shares insights about the mysterious octopus; and much more!
Dra. Isabel Rivera Collazo – Arqueóloga Ambiental / Environmental Archaeologist
Dr. Isabel is an environmental archaeologist who enjoys working in science, discovering things, and creating knowledge. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Dra. Amelia Merced – Bióloga / Biologist
Dr. Amelia is a microscopist in Puerto Rico researching plant development and diversity. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Dr. Bridgette Shannon – Chemist
Bridgette’s formula for success is using her love of chemistry to develop groundbreaking products at work and create natural remedies for her family at home. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Victoria Velez – Biomedical Engineer
Victoria followed her heart to a career that focuses her love of hands-on problem solving into engineering medical technologies that save lives. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place.
Real-Life Math – Astrobiologist
An astrobiologist and a physicist explain how mathematics is universally critical to helping understand nature and the cosmos in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students discuss the mathematics in the video, including the use of algebra, and then practice writing, reading, and evaluating algebraic expressions in a class bingo game.
La’ona DeWilde – Environmental Biologist
DeWilde chose her career because of her strong traditional belief in respecting animals and caring for the environment. Her work today involves helping local villagers record observations that can be used collaboratively with Western science to help solve problems that affect Alaska Native peoples, including climate change and water contamination.
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay – Microbiologist
What is the most efficient way to get energy when our current supply of energy is rapidly dwindling? Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, a microbiologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, may have the answer to that. She leads a research team that investigates the most effective ways to use microbes to convert plants into biofuels through studying the stress response in bacteria. Her work requires her to use every skill she has acquired through her years of education. She has a background in chemistry, physics, and physiology.
Eva LaDow – Neurobiologist
Biotechnology helps scientists understand many aspects of the world around us, from agriculture to medicine. Learn how post-doctoral fellow Eva LaDow uses cutting-edge biotechnological techniques in her work at the Gladstone Institutes of Neurological Disease. She grows neurons, introduces mutant DNA into the neurons, and then analyzes the data to see whether any drugs already approved by the FDA may also be used to treat ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Ryan Hernandez – Population Geneticist
Why do we look the way that we do? Ryan Hernandez, an assistant professor at UC San Francisco, works in the department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences to study why humans from different populations have different genetic backgrounds. When he was young, his grandmother developed diabetes, and he dedicated his entire undergraduate career, and later, his postdoc years to finding out which populations were more susceptible to certain conditions and why.
Tejal Desai – Bioengineer
Some treatments for diseases involve working on parts of the human body that are smaller than a tenth of the width of a piece of human hair. Tejal Desai, a bioengineering professor, works with these small parts using nanotechnology. She became interested in bioengineering as a freshman in high school because “engineering could have direct health applications and help people,” and now she is developing a tiny capsule that contains pancreatic cells that produce insulin as a potential treatment for diabetes.
Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist
Mark Norell, the Chairman of the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses the field of paleontology in this clip from SciTech Now. Norell describes how the field of paleontology has changed over time and how dinosaurs are studied today.
Industry Salaries & Demand
Check out the poster about wages and annual job openings.