Ep. 34: Jessica Kansman - a podcast by Zsofia Szendrei

In this episode, Zsofia, Jennifer and Kayleigh talk to Dr. Jessica Kansman who got her B.S. in Entomology from MSU. She then went on to complete a Ph.D. at the University of Missouri and is now a postdoc with Dr. Sara Hermann (listen to Episode 14 for a chat with her) at Penn State. We talked about how Jessica became an entomology major at MSU, what she did as an undergrad research assistant and her research as a Ph.D. student. Jessica also told us about her passion for outreach, in particular she mentioned Skype a Scientist, Letters to a pre-scientist, and the "Be the Nerd: Extension Entomology Share Fair" workshop at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. You can follow Jessica on Twitter @jesskansperson. Her outreach Instagram is 'kansibugyou'.

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