This week on The Sci-Files, Chelsie and Danny interview Dianna Cowern (“Physics Girl”).

This interview sheds light on Dianna’s experiences as a science communicator. She is the creator and host of the viral and PBS sponsored “Physics Girl” web series with over 1.3 Million Subscribers, which is a resource for fun physics videos and other materials about physics and topics related to physics. Her videos total over 80 Million Views. Her show has featured well-known figures including the legendary Rodney Mullen, Bill Nye, and Anne Wojcicki – Founder of 23 and me.  In 2019, Dianna was named to the FORBES 30 under 30 list.

In this episode, Dianna also discusses her research about dark matter with Professor Jocelyn Monroe as an undergraduate at MIT and low-metallicity stars with Professor Anna Frebel as a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Finally, in this interview, Dianna speaks about her favorite parts of the job as a viral science YouTuber and famous science communicator. Dianna will be at MSU on Saturday, October 19th, 2019, you can see her speak at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts for the MSU SciComm Live Science-Art Show. Tickets are free and available to pick up at the ticket office of the Wharton Center. 

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