Interviews with postdocs doing work at Berkeley Lab and being awesome!
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Emmanuel Schaan What’s your division?Physics Where did you do your graduate school?Astrophysics PhD from Princeton University Can you describe your research at LBNL?As a cosmologist, my research consists in matching the Universe’s initial conditions (the so-called cosmic microwave background) with its present, final state (the large-scale distribution of galaxies). This …
Yi Lin What’s your division?Materials Science Division Where did you do your graduate school?Columbia University Can you describe your research at LBNL?I investigate the physics that happens in photoexcited materials in one trillionth of a second via experimental methods. Why did you decide to participate in the SLAM?The SLAM provides …
Margot Bezrutczyk What’s your division?JGI Where did you do your graduate school?Heinrich Heine University Can you describe your research at LBNL?I study plant-microbe interactions; specifically, I use single-cell technologies to characterize the relationship between plants and the root endosymbionts that provide them with nutrients. Why did you decide to participate …
Experimenting is Imagining! Louise Frenck is an LBL/UC Berkeley postdoc working at the Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division & is the Social and Outdoor committee lead at the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association (BLPA). A Parisian girl’s journey to Berkeley Lab As a little kid growing up in the “real …
Leticia Arnedo-Sanchez As our most famous science SLAM is approaching, we had a virtual coffee with this year finalists to learn about them, their motivations to participate, and their most secret talents. We are all looking forward to seeing you rocking the stage! Yang Ha – Advanced Light Source What …
Fadji Maina In this special coffee with postdocs, our board members share with us their motivations to join our association, their major takeaways, and advice for LBNL postdocs. Get your coffee, have a seat, and learn more about these scientists working hard every day to build an amazing postdoc community …
Fadji Maina and Maryna Bilokur Words Andrew Lives By: “Whatever happens, happens.” Andrew’s journey to Berkeley Lab Born in Hayward, CA and raised in Georgetown, KY, Andrew received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Louisville in 2017. His first interest in science arose in elementary school when he …
Fadji Maina and Maryna Bilokur Words Mariah Lives By: “Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Mariah’s journey to Berkeley Lab Mariah was born and raised in Virginia, where she did both her undergraduate and graduate studies. She went to Christopher Newport University, where she got …
Fadji Maina and Mariah Parker Words Eliza lives by: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler” – Einstein Her journey to LBNLEliza grew up in northeast China in a city called Harbin. In 2011, graduated with her MS from Syracuse University. Then in 2018, she graduated …
Fadji Maina and Mariah Parker Sebastian’s journey to Berkeley Lab Sebastian was born and raised in a town close to Dresden in the Eastern part of Germany. He earned his bachelor in geoinformatics and geophysics from the oldest mining university in the world, the University of Freiberg (Germany). He then …
