EAST LANSING—The International Day of Women and Girls in Science falls every year on Feb. 11. This year, the topic revolves around women scientists who have been instrumental in slowing the spread of COVID-19. In accordance with this year’s theme, The Sci-Files, Impact 89FM’s premiere STEM-based podcast, has compiled a list to commemorate all of the women in science who have been interviewed since the inception of the podcast. In total, 83 women have been interviewed about topics ranging from effective allyship to turning pollution into biofuels. Their interviews, along with the podcast episodes, can be found below:
(Ordered from most recent to oldest):
01/31/2021 – Shelby Dechow – Tuberculosis Genetics and pH-adaptation
01/24/2021 – Brijen, Liang and Maddie – Wastewater Could Predict the Increase in SARS-CoV-2 Cases
01/17/2021 – Kelsey Merreck Wagner – Elephantine in the Anthropocene
11/29/2020 – Lexi Singstock – How Mast Cells May Help Regulate Emotions in Mice
11/15/2020 – Marissa and Emily – The Use of Electric and Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Depression
11/01/2020 – Emily Mensch – Novel Invasive Species Management of the Sea Lamprey
10/25/2020 – Samantha Finkbeiner – Training a Neural Network to Track Fear Reactivity in Human Infants
09/27/2020 – Kati Ford – Turning Pollution Into Biofuels
09/13/2020 – Katie Mitchell – Keeping Compassion in Virtual Medicine
09/06/2020 – Aalayna Green – Gender Roles in Wildlife Crime
08/30/2020 – Carolyn Kroger – Psychology of Spacetime
08/23/2020 – Anna Raschke – PFAS in the Watershed
08/16/2020 – Lin Liu – Globally Modeling Crops for Sustainability
08/02/2020 – Kaelyn Sanders – School Gun Violence
08/02/2020 – Lauren Jernstadt – Telecontraception
07/26/2020 – Abdulrahman, Erin and Kaylie – Does Sleep Strengthen Unintentional Memories?
07/26/2020 – Paige Cordts – The Reality of Traveling with a Disability
07/19/2020 – Lauren Collier-Spruel – Effective Allyship
07/19/2020 – Jenna Walters – Blueberry Pollination with Bees
07/05/2020 – Kathleen Rhoades – Perfecting Michigan Tart Cherries
07/05/2020 – Harnoor Kaur – Transgender Homicides in the Media
06/28/2020 – Leigh Anne Tiffany – Expansive Science Reporting
06/21/2020 – Amber, Kelly, Micayla – Talking with Skeletons
06/07/2020 – Megan Miller – Can Spirituality Help With Pain?
05/17/2020 – Brittany, Christian and Basma – Youth Opioid Awareness Program
05/10/2020 – Bridget Walker – Red Panda Thyroid Testing
04/26/2020 – Zoe Hansen – Bacterial Infections and the Gut
04/19/2020 – Victoria Toomajian – Extracellular Vesicle Communication and the Heart
04/12/2020 – Kaitlyn Daza – Genetics and the Swine Industry
04/05/2020 – Funmi Ayeni – Community Interventions for Sexual Assault
03/01/2020 – Adrianna Davidson, Murphy Swartz, and Kim Hernandez – Jaali the Baby Black Rhino
03/23/2020 – Courtney Harrison – Lake Whitefish Infectious Diseases
02/23/2020 – Lauren, Natalie, Arienne – Coronavirus
01/12/2020 – Dee Jordan – African Sleeping Sickness
12/15/2019 – Alyssa Logan – Horse Bone Health
12/01/2019 – Tracy Melvin – Climate Change in Alaska
11/24/2019 – Jeremy, Ally and Ben – Irrigation Systems
11/10/2019 – Bethany Myers, Sumana Prabhakar, Ashleigh Shoemaker, Dr. Julie Strachota, Dr. Carleton, – Doppsee the Pregnant Black Rhino at Potter Park Zoo
10/27/2019 – Lili Gloe – Anxiety and the Brain
10/21/2019 – Rachel Domagalski – Math Networks
10/13/2019 – Dianna Cowern – Physics Girl
10/06/2019 – Kaitlyn Casulli – Salmonella and Dry Roasting Peanuts
09/22/2019- Nguyen Truong- Type 1 Diabetes Inflammation
09/15/2019- Vanessa García Polanco – Immigrant Refugees & the Food System
09/01/2019- Lauren Cooper – Intersection of Forest, Climate and People
08/25/2019 – Tatiana Bustos – Health Services in Underserved Communities
08/25/2019 – Kayla, Justin, Jon – Prenatal Infection Affecting Pregnancy
08/18/2019 – Diondra Straiton – Parent Training for Autism
08/18/2019 – Jaimie Strickland and Matt Kuhn – Cow Immunity and Nutrition
08/11/2019 – Vanessa, Mary, Greg and Emma – Per-and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Water and Mentoring
07/28/2019 – Anastasiya Lavell and Cameron De La Mora – Mentoring and Chloroplast Lipid Biosynthesis
07/14/2019 – Connie Rojas – Spotted Hyena Microbiomes
07/14/2019 – Nikki McClaran – Perception of Health and Environmental Issues
06/30/2019 – Huiyun and Natalie – Mentoring and the One Health Challenge
06/2/2019 – Courtney, Katie and Michael – Mentoring and Entomology
06/2/2019 – Courtney Larson – Aquatic Entomology
05/19/2019 – Faryal and Kate – Mentoring and MRI Protein Engineering
05/12/2019 – Chelsea Weiskerger – Quality of the Great Lakes Beaches
05/05/2019 – Sara Ayoub – Separator for Capture Reactions (SECAR)
04/14/2019 – Claire Hoffmann – African Carnivores and Human Conflict
03/31/2019 – Kathryn Wierenga – Silica and Lupus
03/17/2019 – Jennifer Watts – Zika
More information about this year’s list of events for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science can be found here.