Interviews with postdocs doing work at Berkeley Lab and being awesome!
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Mariah Parker, and Fadji Maina Diana’s Background Diana and her two siblings grew up in Lisbon, Portugal with her mother and father, who were a meteorologist and a physics professor, respectively. She got her bachelors, masters, and doctorate from University of Lisbon. She fell in love with plasma physics early …
Mariah Parker, Fadji Maina, and Sneha Jani Words Venkitesh Lives By:“Never say never” Venkitesh’s journey to Berkeley Lab Venkitesh Ayyar grew up in the Indian city of Mumbai. He obtained a Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and then came to the US to study Theoretical Particle …
Mariah Parker Biosciences Sara Calhoun Sara Calhoun graduated from UC San Francisco before joining the Joint Genome Institute as a postdoc. Sara’s research project integrates datasets using different approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics) for characterizing novel strains of algae that are potential biofuel feedstocks. Other than being a scientist, Sara …
Fadji Maina and Ro-Ya Liu Words Leticia Lives By:“If you don’t try, you will never know” Leticia’s journey to Berkeley Lab Leticia grew up in Pamplona, a small town in the North of Spain where she obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Navarra in 2011. She did …
Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani, and Ro-Ya Liu Dear Arnoud, the BLPA team is forever grateful and thankful for your great contributions to our community! Words Arnoud Lives By: “Failure is the best teacher” Arnoud’s journey to Berkeley Lab Arnoud Everhardt was born in The Netherlands and did all his …
Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani, Ro-Ya Liu Words Lauren Lives By: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” ~ Albert Einstein Lauren’s journey to Berkeley Lab Born in Yuba City (California), Lauren grew up in Sacramento …
Ngoc Bui, Fadji Maina, Sneha Jani Words Laurie Lives By: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” ~ Mark Twain Laurie’s journey to Berkeley Lab Laurie grew up in the sunshine state of Florida. She earned her Bachelor degree in Physics at Rollins College in …
Ngoc Bui, Fadji Maina and Sneha Jani Words Christin Lives By: “No blame, No guilt, No excuses!” ~ Jean-luc Doumont Christin’s journey to Berkeley Lab Yearning to continuously explore fundamental science, Christin joined Berkeley Lab as a Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow in January 2018, after earning a PhD in fundamental surface …
