My Fave Queer Chemist – Details, episodes & analysis

This week on the show we chatted with Ethan Chavarin (he/him), an undergraduate researcher in the Stieber lab at Cal Poly Pomona. We discussed surviving the pandemic as an undergrad, finding support for undergrad research, & more! To connect with Ethan you can follow him on Twitter @ethan_chavarin and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the show we chatted with the Matthew Welmers (he/they), a research scientist at INX Int. Co. and VP of Projects & Programs at oSTEM. We discuss Matthew's journey to oSTEM, all that they've accomplished since taking up leadership roles at oSTEM (including running many national oSTEM conferences!), how he juggles all his responsibilities, and more! To connect with Matthew you can follow them on Twitter @williamthebard and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time, happy holidays, and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Nate Cardin (he/him), a high school chemistry professor at Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles. We discuss Nate's journey to becoming a high school teacher, stigma around non-traditional careers in the chemistry field, how he's learned to be an ally through teaching, queer crossword puzzles, and so much more! To connect with Nate can follow him on Twitter @naytnaytnayt and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time for the start of our Pride Summer Series and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the show we chatted with the lovely Dr. Camille Bishop (she/her) who currently serves as a NRC postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NRC). We discuss graduate research, how she ended up NIST, science communication training for scientists, gay sports and much more! To connect with Camille can follow her on Twitter @glassic_chem and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the show we chatted with the lovely Dr. Michelle Bushey (she/her) who currently serves as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF). We discuss her career in academia at Trinity University, her decision to pursue her dream of working at the NSF, what working in public service looks like for her and much more! To connect with Michelle, you can email her at mbushey@nsf.gov and you can follow us on Twitter @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the pod, we chat with Tom Pospiech (he/him) a graduate student in the Southworth lab at the University of California, San Francisco. We discuss his work with science policy, creating boundaries in graduate school, prioritizing mental health and more! You can follow Tom on Twitter @ATompiech and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Dr. Christian Malapit (he/him), an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Northwestern University. We chatted about navigating graduate school as an international student, landing a job in academia and starting a lab from the ground up, mentoring the next generation of scientists and so much more! We'll see y'all next week! Follow Christian on Twitter @CAMalapit and us @MFQCPod!

We're back with season 3 of MFQC!! We're so glad to be back, we've got a great season planned for y'all!

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Dr. André Isaacs (he/him), an Associate Professor in Chemistry at the College of the Holy Cross. We chatted about changing the way we teach to create more equitable classrooms, queering chemistry, becoming TikTok famous, and so much more! We'll see y'all next week! Follow André on Twitter (& TikTok!) @drdre4000 and us @MFQCPod! 

This week on the pod, we chat with Stephanie Berg (she/her) a 3rd year graduate student in the Moon lab at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. We discuss her chemistry education research, what creating an equitable learning environment for students looks like, and more! You can follow Stephanie on Twitter @ssnorkels and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

This week on the pod we took a little virtual trip over to Germany to chat with the lovely with Dr. Lisa Pecher (she/her) who currently serves as an Editor at Angewandte Chemie. We discuss her process coming out as transgender, finding her way to the editing and publishing field, and her current DEI initiatives within the journal community (and much more!). You can follow Lisa on Twitter @LisaPecher and us @MFQCPod. We'll see y'all next time and remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday.

CORRECTION: At 26:32, the following was said: "And then they just called me. They didn't even put out a job ad because I had already applied a couple of months before." This was incorrect and misremembered. Wiley-VCH did put out a job ad for this position, which was not seen by Lisa because she was approached directly by the company. Lisa clarified this point after the interview had been recorded.