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 mentor. We hope that y'all are staying safe and healthy out there. And remember, Black lives matter today and everyday. We'll see y'all next week! Fo...
Sep 04, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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 role models and much more. We hope y'all enjoy and we'll see you next week! Follow Antonio on Twitter @AntonioTinocoV and us @MFQCPod. And remember - B...
Aug 27, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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
Aug 19, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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 support queer and trans people of color (QTPOC), what a collective mindset on education and mentorship looks like and much more! You can follow Nicholas ...
Aug 12, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 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, 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 of oSTEM, Inc. We talk about his advocacy work while at the University of Florida, how he got involved with oSTEM, his time as president, and much mo...
Jul 10, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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 importance of undergraduate research, mentorship, her experience as queer woman in STEM, her advocacy work while at UCSF and much more! We'll see y'al...
Jul 07, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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 Twitter @TheDoctaZ and us @MFQCPod. Enjoy and we'll see y'all next week! And remember, Black Trans Lives Matter today and everyday!
Jul 02, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 campaign 500 Queer Scientists, her love of spiders and arachnids, science communication and more! Enjoy and we'll see y'all next week! And remember -...
Jul 01, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 MUCH MORE! We hope y'all are staying safe and healthy out there, and remember Black Lives Matter today and everyday. We'll see y'all next week! Follow Sa...
Jun 25, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 scientific career, the barriers to LGBTQ+ inclusion in academia and how those can be taken down, and so much more! We hope y'all are enjoying our Pri...
Jun 23, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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 much more! We hope y'all are staying safe out there. Remember, Black Lives Matter and Happy Pride! See y'all next week. You can follow Dwayne on Twitt...
Jun 18, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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 undergraduates and more! We hope y'all are staying safe out there. Black lives matter today and everyday. See y'all next week. Follow Jack on Twitter @s...
Jun 16, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 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 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! We hope that y'all are staying safe out there. Black Lives Matter today and everyday. Contact Rochelle at diamond@its.caltech.edu and follow us on Twi...
Jun 11, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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 Reclaiming STEM workshops, their work as an organizer for International LGBTQ+ STEM Day, and so much more! You don't want to miss this one! We hope y'all...
Jun 09, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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 staying safe out there. We'll see y'all next week! Follow Grace on Twitter @GracePanetti and us @MFQCPod.
May 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 staying safe out there - we'll see you next week! You can follow Song Lin on Twitter @songlin_chem and us @MFQCPod.
May 21, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 lessons learned, what surprised them most about themselves and more! You don't want to miss this one! You can email Sarah at sechamp@umich.edu and follow ...
May 06, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 molecular dynamics simulations with DNA polymerase and TET2. We discussed the legal side of transitioning, how departments can better support trans folks and more! Follow Emmett on Twitter @EmLedd1 and us @MFQCPod. See y'all next week!
Apr 29, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 experience as an international student in the United States, the unique role of post docs in lab settings and what that means for mentorship between post docs and graduate students, how departments can better support LGBTQ+ post docs, and more! See y'all next week! Follow Lorenzo on Twitter @Lorenzointhelab and ...
Apr 22, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 the oSTEM chapter at Duke, prioritizing mental health in graduate school, how the recent COVID-19 events have affected her second year, and much more! We're still welcoming submissions for our new segment Tea Time - find the form on our Twitter to submit your quarantine stories! See y'all next week! Follow...
Apr 15, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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 transition from academia into industry, how Dow has fostered an inclusive workspace for him, DE&I initiatives in industry, and so much more! Y'all are going to love this one! Be sure to send us your submissions for our new segment Tea Time!! Stay healthy and safe out there. See y'all next week. Follow...
Apr 08, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 finding queer support in graduate school, what it means to be femme in chemistry, how gender performance plays into lab dynamics, and much more. We hope that y'all enjoy this episode! Stay safe and healthy out there. Follow Johanna on twitter @JohannaMasters2 and us @MFQCPod. See y'all next week!...
Apr 02, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 energetics of triplet excitons in oligoacenes, a class of organic semi-conductors. We discuss coming into our queerness, breaking down the notion that professionalism and queerness cannot overlap, and so much more. We also discuss Hannah's work being president of the Queers in STEM organization at UCLA. Enjoy the...
Mar 26, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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, Madison. We discuss his journey of coming out, what excites him most about working in academia, and what it looks like to mentor the next generation of queer chemists. We also discuss his experience being the chair of the Gay and Trans Chemists and Allies Division of ACS, and so much more. We hope that y'all en...
Mar 18, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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. We discuss her work with National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP), laying the groundwork for the Gay and Trans Chemists and Allies Division of ACS, and how owning her identity as a lesbian scientist paved the way for her activism. Barbara is an important ...
Mar 11, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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 Sciences (PIBS). We talk about his work co-founding the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion task force here at the University of Michigan, the importance of owning your mistakes, and being your own role model. Enjoy the show and we'll see y'all next week. Follow Filipe on twitter @FilipeHutchens and us @MFQCPod....
Mar 04, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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 talk about the importance of LGBTQ+ mentors in chemistry, prioritizing mental health in graduate school, and what it truly means to support underrepresented minorities in academic spaces. Enjoy the show and we'll see you guys next time! Follow Randolph on twitter @Dr_REscobar and us @MFQCPod
Feb 26, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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, coming out to your lab and your boss, embarrassing haircuts, and Myspace profiles. We hope that you'll have as much fun listening as we did doing this interview. See you guys next time! Follow Isaac on twitter @isaac_blythe and us @MFQCPod
Feb 19, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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-Camacho (he/him) as they embark on the journey of meeting, interviewing, and laughing with queer chemists from all walks of life, all while trying to survive their first year of graduate school. Buckle in, it's going to be a wild ride! Follow us on Twitter at @MFQCPod.
Feb 19, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
