Physics

Dr. Chiara Mingarelli [Image: Flatiron Institute]

Meet A Rocket Woman: Dr. Chiara Mingarelli, Astrophysicist, Flatiron Institute

/ Inspirational women, Meet A Rocket Woman

Rocket Women are thrilled to feature astrophysicist and trailblazing role model Dr.Chiara Mingarelli. Chiara tells Rocket Women about how she was inspired as a child by Eve Curie’s biography of her mother, Marie Curie, the importance of supporting those marginalized in STEM and giving a talk to Jeff Bezos at the Amazon MARS event! Tell me about your …

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Sophia Nasr working out equations for her dark matter research

Meet A Rocket Woman: Sophia Nasr, Astrophysicist, University of California (UC) Irvine

/ Inspirational women, Meet A Rocket Woman

Trailblazing Astrophysicist Sophia Nasr on her career in astrophysics, overcoming societal barriers, realising her own dream and the one piece of advice for her 10-year-old self. On being inspired to choose a career in astrophysics: I began my undergrad not quite knowing what I wanted to do. I had a “dream” of being a medical doctor imprinted …

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Redrawing The Balance

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There’s an interesting riddle which goes along the lines of: A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies at the scene and the son is rushed to the hospital. At the hospital the surgeon looks at the boy and says, “I can’t operate on this boy, he is my son.” How …

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