Science news has been hot over the last couple of weeks, with announcements of major advances in fusion energy, a green alternative to fossil fuel energy. On this episode we sit down with Dr. Steffi Diem, a plasma physicist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and director of the Pegasus III (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a1ef09de926642909d08c1b315372456) a fusion energy and plasma science experiment, to learn about the latest in fusion energy research and how she forged her own path in science. She’s also a dog agility trainer… you don’t want to miss this!
Links to the articles we talked about in this episode can be found at https://www.scinight.com/
Special thanks to:
Dr. Steffi Diem. Follow her on twitter @SteffiDiem, check out her website (www.steffidiem.com) to learn more about her work, and visit her YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/AtomicCityKleeKai) to watch some amazing dog agility videos.
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