Podcasts by My Fave Queer Chemist

Ethan Chavarin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona from 2023-02-03T22:22:19

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 sup...

Matthew Welmers, INX Int. Ink Co. & oSTEM from 2023-01-13T19:24:49

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 t...

Dr. Eden Tanner, University of Mississippi from 2022-12-16T14:21:54

This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Eden Tanner (she/her), an Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). We discuss Eden's journey to Ole Miss, which spans living...

Dr. Austin Graham, University of California, San Francisco from 2022-12-02T14:03:52

This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Austin Graham (he/him), a postdoctoral fellow in the Gartner lab at UCSF and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. We discuss Austin's time leading the ROLE Model...

MFQC Check-In: 3rd Year of Graduate School with Sarah Champagne from 2022-11-04T12:59:31

After a brief hiatus, we're back baby! This week on the show Bec and Geraldo welcome back friend of the pod, Sarah Champagne (they/them), a graduate student in the Narayan lab at the University ...

Dr. Nancy Williams, Claremont McKenna/Scripps/Pitzer Colleges (with Guest Host, Kareesa Kron) from 2022-09-02T12:27:50

Welcome to the last week of our Pride Summer Special!! This week on the show, we welcomed MFQC newcomer Kareesa Kron (they/them) as our guest host! Kareesa chatted with Nancy Williams (she/her),...

Dr. Brennan Kessenich, National Park Service (With Guest Host Filipe Cerqueira) from 2022-08-18T13:11:52

Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 4, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed back Filipe Cerqueira (he/him) to the MFQC studio as our guest ...

Dr. Vanessa Ralph, Chemistry Education Researcher (With Guest Host Stephanie Berg) from 2022-07-29T14:33:55

Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 3, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed back Stephanie Berg (she/her) to the MFQC studio as our guest h...

Viktor Belay, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine (with Guest Host Cassie Chartier) from 2022-07-08T14:55:42

Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 2, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed MFQC newcomer Cassie Chartier (she/they) as our guest host! Cas...

Avery Tytla, University of California, Berkeley (With Guest Host Sky Cochrane) from 2022-06-24T13:14:46

Happy Pride Month, y'all and welcome to Week 1 of our MFQC Pride Summer Special! This week on the show we welcomed back Sky Cochrane (first on the show in S1:EP10) as a guest host! Sky chatted with...

Dr. Nate Cardin, Harvard Westlake School from 2022-05-20T13:36:29

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 scho...

Dr. Camille Bishop, National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2022-05-06T15:54:34

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 di...

Dr. Michelle Bushey, National Science Foundation from 2022-04-08T18:00

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 acade...

Tom Pospiech, University of California, San Francisco from 2022-04-01T18:00

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, creatin...

Dr. Christian Malapit, Northwestern University from 2022-03-11T14:51:32

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 ...

Dr. André Isaacs, College of the Holy Cross from 2022-02-18T14:55:21

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 Asso...

Stephanie Berg, University of Nebraska from 2021-11-19T16:10:38

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 ...

Dr. Lisa Pecher, Angewandte Chemie from 2021-11-09T13:27:58

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 p...

Dr. Matthew Leech, University of Greenwich from 2021-10-11T11:46:44

This week on the pod we skip on over across the pond to hat with Dr. Matthew Leech (he/him) a postdoctoral fellow in the Lab lab at the University of Greenwich. We discuss how Twitter has opened...

Dr. Laura Haynes, University of Michigan from 2021-09-24T12:30:51

After a brief summer hiatus, we're back! And we've got some great stories lined up for y'all!! This week on the pod, we chat with Dr. Laura Haynes (she/her) a postdoctoral fellow in the Ginsburg...

Pride Summer Finale: An Evening with Carolyn Bertozzi from 2021-07-23T12:16:17

Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our fourth and final Pride Summer event, a live discussion with the incredible Dr. Carolyn Berto...

Pride Summer Panel #3: LGBTQ+ in Academia from 2021-07-08T12:31:59

Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our third Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussion about LGBTQ+ in Academia. We featured four...

Pride Summer Panel #2: LGBTQ+ in Industry from 2021-06-25T13:00:14

Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our second Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussion about LGBTQ+ in Industry. We featured fou...

Pride Summer Panel #1: LGBTQ+ in SciComm / SciPol from 2021-06-10T12:00

Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our first Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussion about LGBTQ+ in Science Communication and ...

Irving Rettig, Portland State University from 2021-04-30T17:25:04

This week on the pod, we chat with Irving Rettig (he/they) a 5th year graduate student in Theresa McCormick's lab at Portland State University. We discuss his incredible trans advocacy work in t...

MFQC Check-In: 2nd Year of Grad School from 2021-04-16T14:15:06

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo reflect on the last year of graduate school and we've navigated their 2nd year in the middle of a pandemic! We chat about the ups and downs and EVERYTHING i...

Kat Magnone, Miami University from 2021-03-26T12:00

This week on the pod, we chatted with the lovely Kat Magnone (they/them), a graduate student in the Yezierski lab at Miami University where they work on chemistry education research. We talk abo...

Devin Swiner, Ohio State University from 2021-02-26T14:55:39

This week on the show Geraldo and Bec talk with the incredible Devin Swiner (she/her), a 5th year graduate student in the Badu-Tawaih research group at Ohio State University. Devin is wrapping u...

Samantha Mensah, University of California, Los Angeles from 2021-02-11T14:54:03

This week on the show, Geraldo and Bec talk with Samantha Mensah (she/her), a graduate student in the Weiss and Andrews labs at UCLA. We discuss her work with #BlackinChem as one of the co-found...

Daniel Knappenberger, Rochester Institute of Technology from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week on the show, we chatted with Daniel Knappenberger (he/him) a chemist who just finished his Masters in Chemistry at Rochester Institute of Technology and is set to begin graduate school...

Dr. Benny Chan, The College of New Jersey from 2021-01-28T15:00:20

We're back with season 2 of MFQC!! We're so glad to be back, we've missed y'all so much! 

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Dr. Benny Chan (he/they), who currently serv...

Dr. Nick Chiappini, Princeton University from 2020-09-04T14:33:29

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Nick Chiappini (he/him), who received a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University and is now a postdoctoral fellow in the Knowles lab at Princeton...

Dr. Antonio Tinoco Valencia, Harvard University from 2020-08-27T20:04:02

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Dr. Antonio Tinoco Valencia (he/him), who received his PhD from the University of Rochester and recently started as a postdoctoral fellow in the...

Emily Norwine, University of Michigan from 2020-08-19T13:51:19

This week, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Emily Norwine (she/her) a graduate student in the Szymczak lab at the University of Michigan. We talk about about queer role models, being a queer woman in...

Dr. Nicholas Ball, Pomona College from 2020-08-12T14:31:50

We're ~back~ y'all!! We're so excited to bring back weekly episodes of the show! This week, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Dr. Nicholas Ball (he/him) who is an Assistant Professor in the Department...

Cortland Russell, Out in STEM from 2020-07-10T14:24:27

It's our last episode of our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM! Can you believe it? We hope that y'all have enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed making it! For our last episode,...

Dr. Adair Borges, University of California, Berkeley from 2020-07-07T13:01:21

Can you believe it's already our last week of our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM? This week on the pod, Geraldo and Bec talk with Adair Borges (she/her) who recently finishe...

Dr. Shaz Zamore, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder from 2020-07-02T15:29:58

This week on the show Bec and Geraldo sit down with Shaz Zamore (they/them) who currently serves as the STEAM Outreach Coordinator at the ATLAS Institute at UC Boulder. We talk about their gradu...

Dr. Lauren Esposito, 500 Queer Scientists from 2020-07-01T13:14:13

We hope y'all are enjoying our Pride Month Special so far - we've still got a few more amazing interviews lined up for y'all, so stay tuned! This week on the pod Bec and Geraldo talk with Lauren...

Sam Brinton, The Trevor Project from 2020-06-25T16:08:33

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo talked with the incredible Sam Brinton (they/them), who currently serves at the Vice President for Advocacy and Governmental Affairs at The Trevor Project. ...

Roberto Efraín Díaz, University of California, San Francisco from 2020-06-23T13:04:54

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo talk with Roberto (Robbie) Efraín Díaz (he/him), a graduate student in the Fraser Lab in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, S...

Dwayne Evans, Harvard University from 2020-06-18T14:32:28

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo chat with Dwayne Evans (he/him), a graduate student in the Extavour lab in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. We d...

Dr. Jack Miller, University of Michigan from 2020-06-16T13:04:31

This week Bec and Geraldo talked with the incredible Jack Miller (they/them), a Lecturer and Statistics Education Specialist in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. We dis...

Rochelle Diamond, National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) from 2020-06-11T14:21:19

On the second episode of our Pride Month special, Bec and Geraldo talked with Rochelle Diamond (she/her), the co-founder and chair of the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and ...

Rob Ulrich, University of California, Los Angeles from 2020-06-09T14:12:34

Happy Pride Month, y'all! To kick off our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM, Bec and Geraldo first chatted with Rob Ulrich (they/he) a biogeochemistry PhD student in the Tripat...

Grace Panetti, University of Pennsylvania from 2020-05-28T14:12:14

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo chatted with the lovely Grace Panetti (she/her), a graduate student in the Walsh and Schelter groups in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pen...

Dr. Song Lin, Cornell University from 2020-05-21T13:50:33

This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo had the pleasure of sitting down with Song Lin (he/him), an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Cornell University. We discussed his journ...

MFQC Check-In: First Year of Graduate School with Sarah Champagne from 2020-05-06T13:39:56

This week on the show, Geraldo and Bec shake things up a bit by doing the first (of many) "MFQC Check-In". They sit down with their dear friend, Sarah Champagne (they/them), a fellow first year ...

Emmett Leddin, University of North Texas from 2020-04-29T13:07:55

This week we chatted with the lovely Emmett Leddin (he/they), a third year graduate student in the Cisneros lab in the Department of Chemistry and the University of North Texas. Emmett studies m...

Dr. Lorenzo Mosca, Northwestern University from 2020-04-22T13:32:06

This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Lorenzo Mosca (he/him), a post-doctoral researcher in the Stoddart lab in Northwestern University Department of Chemistry. We discuss his experie...

Sky Cochrane, Duke University from 2020-04-15T12:52:32

This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Sky Cochrane (she/her), a second year graduate student in the Zhou lab in the Duke University Department of Chemistry. We discuss her work with t...

Dr. Kyle McDonald, Dow Chemical from 2020-04-08T13:54:16

This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Kyle McDonald (he/him), a senior scientist at Dow Chemical who did his PhD work in the Matzger lab at the University of Michigan. We discuss his ...

Johanna Masterson, Princeton University from 2020-04-02T13:30:03

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Johanna Masterson (she/her), a first year graduate student in the Sorenson Lab at Princeton University who works on total synthesis. We discuss f...

Hannah Friedman, University of California, Los Angeles from 2020-03-26T13:02:31

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Hannah Friedman (she/they), a fourth year graduate student in the Caram lab at the University of California, Los Angeles who studies the energeti...

Dr. Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin, Madison from 2020-03-18T10:56:44

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Tehshik Yoon (he/him), a photchemical/synthetic organic chemistry professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madiso...

Barbara Belmont, California State University, Dominguez Hills from 2020-03-11T10:50:34

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Barbara Belmont (she/her), an analytical chemistry lecturer and laboratory instructor in the Department of Chemistry at Cal State Dominguez Hills...

Filipe Cerqueira, University of Michigan from 2020-03-04T12:00:40

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Filipe Cerqueria (he/him), a third year PhD student working in Nicole Koropatkin's lab at the University of Michigan Program in Biomedical Scienc...

Dr. Randolph Escobar, AstraZeneca from 2020-02-26T11:59:36

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Randolph Escobar (he/him), who got his PhD in Scott Schaus' lab at Boston University and is now a postdoctoral fellow working at AstraZeneca. We ...

Isaac Blythe, University of Michigan from 2020-02-19T17:52:24

On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Isaac Blythe (they/them), a second year graduate student working in Melanie Sanford's lab at the University of Michigan. We talk about pronouns, ...

Introducing My Fave Queer Chemist from 2020-02-19T13:09:35

Welcome to the *inaugural* episode of My Fave Queer Chemist (MFQC for short), a podcast celebrating the excellence of LGBTQ+ chemists everywhere. Join Bec Roldan (they/them) and Geraldo Duran-Ca...