My Fave is your weekly dose of movie and TV chit chat by way of foolishness and laughter. Get ready for #myfavemondays where Kenneth Brown and Marcellus Kidd discuss their favorite things while answering random questions along the way.
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Chemistry! Queerness! The Trials and Tribulations of Graduate School! MFQC spills the tea on it all. Join Bec and Geraldo twice a month as they interview LGBTQ+ chemists on their research interests and experiences with identity, challenges, and achievements in the chemistry field. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn all the ins and outs of queer culture. Follow us on twitter at @MFQCPod or send us an email at myfavequeerchemist@gmail.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co ...
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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 reme…
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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…
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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 in three different countries, her time in LGBTQ+ Choruses as a postdoc, and what led her to choosing Ole Miss to start her academic career. She tells us ab…
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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 Program as a graduate student at UT-Austin, the challenges of graduate student-led initiatives, the importance for undergraduate research, the UC Academic …
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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 of Michigan. We reflect on our 3rd year of graduate school, all that we've accomplished so far, the transition into being a 4th year grad student, and more!…
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Dr. Nancy Williams, Claremont McKenna/Scripps/Pitzer Colleges (with Guest Host, Kareesa Kron)
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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), a Chemistry Professor at the Keck Science Department at Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pitzer Colleges. They discussed Nancy’s path through academia and h…
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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 host! Filipe chatted with Dr. Brennan Kessenich (they/them), a chemist who now works for the National Park Service. IBrennan and Filipe discussed navigating…
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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 host! Steph chatted with Dr. Vanessa Ralph (she/ella), a chemistry education researcher. They discussed how different aspects of identity impact their chemis…
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Viktor Belay, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine (with Guest Host Cassie Chartier)
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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! Cassie chatted with Viktor Belay (he/him), a PhD student at Weill Cornell Medicine and Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. They discussed science communication in t…
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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 Avery Tytla (she/her), a PhD candidate in the Francis lab at the University of California, Berkeley. They discussed Avery's journey coming out, breaking…
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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 m…
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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 …
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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 conne…
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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 an…
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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 …
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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, …
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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'al…
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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 muc…
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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 up Matt's eyes to a lot of issues, finding community in graduate school and as a postdoc, how the chemistry community is changing in the UK and more! You c…
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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 lab at the University of Michigan. Laura shares with us her personal journey through academia so far, which has largely been influenced by family and locat…
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Pride Summer Finale: An Evening with Carolyn Bertozzi
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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 Bertozzi. We were able to raise $360 for Gender Spectrum, an organization that is working to advocate for and support transgender youth in this country. Thank you so…
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Pride Summer Panel #3: LGBTQ+ in Academia
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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 incredible scientists doing great work in the fields of biology, chemistry, and neuroscience: Dr. Kaela Singleton (postdoctoral fellow at Emory University Scho…
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Pride Summer Panel #2: LGBTQ+ in Industry
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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 four incredible scientists doing great work in the chemical industries: Dr. Kyle McDonald (Research Scientist, Dow), Dr. Sue Zultanski (Associate Principle Chemist…
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Pride Summer Panel #1: LGBTQ+ in SciComm / SciPol
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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 Science Policy. We featured four incredible forces in the field of SciComm and SciPol: Sam Brinton (Executive Director, Core Solutions Consulting & VP of Advoca…
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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 the American Chemical Society, their own department, & beyond. This work has manifested itself as leading the charge of trans-inclusive name change policies …
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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 in between. Follow us on Twitter @MFQCPod. And remember that Black Lives Matter today and everyday. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…
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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 about what Kat wishes people knew about chemistry education research, how to create inclusive classrooms, Kat's graduate school experience so far, and much mor…
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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 up her PhD and beginning at Merck chemistry soon! We discuss how to be a good mentor, uplifting Black voices in the chemistry field, the many MANY accomplish…
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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-founders and incoming president, as well as her passion for science policy and how she's celebrating Black History Month. You can follow Samantha on Twitter @bla…
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Dr. Benny Chan, The College of New Jersey
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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 serves as the Department Chair for the Chemistry Department at The College of New Jersey and was nominated as the NOGLSTP Educator of the Year in 2019. We talk about his cur…
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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 University. We talk about his current research in photochemistry, the need for more postdoctoral support, finding queer community and what makes for a good…
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We know you've been binging shows! so this week we talk about our fave HBOMAX obsessions! What's yours?Marcellus & Kenneth
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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 Balskus Lab at Harvard University. We discuss his experience as a DACAmented immigrant in STEM, what being Latinx and queer has taught him, his chemistry r…
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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 STEM, her love of chinchillas and much more! You can follow Emily on Twitter @EmilyNorwine and us @MFQCPod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spo…
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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 of Chemistry at Pomona College. We talk about about his decision to work at a predominately undergraduate institution (PUI), how departments can better sup…
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S3 Episode 11: Fave Courtroom Drama
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OBJECTION!!! This week everyone has jury duty because we talking about or fave court room dramas!. This is sure to be a hot messMusic: purple-planet.comMarcellus & Kenneth
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S3 Episode 10: Fave Quarantine Obsession
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WE'RE BAACK! My Fave is back and as ridiculous as ever. We're continuing the third season and going straight into what's on everyone's mind (and schedule) Fave Quarantine Obsession!Marcellus & Kenneth
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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, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Cortland Russell (he/him) who works at the consulting firm Accenture in Atlanta, GA while also serving as the President and CEO…
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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 finished up her PhD work in the Bondy-Denomy lab at UCSF and has since started as Miller Postdoctoral Fellow in the Banfield Lab at UC Berkeley. We talk about the …
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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 graduate and postdoctoral resaearch, why science communication is so important, their experiences as a queer, non-binary POC, and so much more. Follow Shaz on Tw…
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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 Esposito (she/her) who currently serves as a Curator for Arachnology at the California Academy of Science. We discuss her founding of the LGBTQ+ visibility…
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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. We discuss their time at MIT studying nuclear engineering, their career in science policy, their work to end conversion therapy in all 50 states, and SO MUC…
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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, San Francisco (UCSF). We talk about his work with the Graduate and Postdoctoral Queer Alliance (GPQA), how his different identities have intersected with his…
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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 discuss his research passions, his experience as a Black, queer scientist, how departments can better support queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) and so …
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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 discussed their time as an LGBTQ+ person in academia, their work with the American Statistical Association, how they use their role as a professor to mentor un…
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Rochelle Diamond, National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
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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 Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP). We discussed her coming out process, the founding of NOGLSTP, what's in store for NOGLSTP in the coming years, and more! …
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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 Tripati lab in the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA. We discuss Rob's work as the co-founder of Queers in STEM at UCLA, co-directing Rec…
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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 Pennsylvania. We discussed their experience working in two labs, the intersections of queerness, coming out as trans, and so much more! We hope y'all are stayi…
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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 journey in academia, his work at Cornell, how he strives to create inclusive lab spaces and so much more! You don't want to miss this one! We hope y'all are stay…
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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 who recently joined Alison Narayan's lab. The three of them reflect and discuss their first year of graduate school at University of Michigan including less…
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