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Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara speaks with Ph.D. candidate in the Hydrogeology program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Aaron Piña is the National Program Lead for Atmospheric Sciences and Fire Weather Research at the United States Forest Service where he runs a research program that helps transition knowledge into the hands of decision makers around the world. Initially...

The life and wisdom of my freshman geometry teacher

I ask my immigrant Grandmother about her experiences in the United States. I also inquire about how she has used math.

Zachary Wolff talks about how his path to studying and creating models as a graduate student at UC Irvine was not straightforward: he first considered medicine and meteorology before working on a CICE radiation study and discovering his interest. While...

Talking to my grandma

In this interview, Dr. Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen discusses her expertise in ‘aerosols,’ suspended particles in the atmosphere. These small particulates can affect air quality and human health and can also impact the Earth’s radiation balance. We also discuss why she...

Emily Wolin is almost singe-handedly trying to upgrade Myanmar’s national seismic network. As a student, Emily saw the Mount Saint Helens eruption. Today, she helps scientists in Myanmar prepare their country for the aftermath of the next hurricanes to come...

David Moore is a first-year graduate student at UCLA. He is studying tropical cyclones, also known as typhoons or hurricanes, on Earth. In his graduate research work, David is researching how to bridge the gap between planetary atmospheres and meteorology...

NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Caroline Dang analyzes particles in the atmosphere and compares them with particles collected from flight observations to better understand aerosols in Earth's atmosphere and how they interact with clouds and radiation.

In the interview, we discussed the way math was incorporated into my grandfather’s life. He also gave advice to youth who are struggling with money management.

In this interview, conducted on November 25, 2023 in Highland, Indiana, Jessica Surufka (15) interviews her Aunt's best friend, Patty Clancy (59), about her career as a high school math teacher. Mrs. Clancy shares stories, both good and bad, about...

Seismologist Lucy Jones gained recognition for doing a TV interview following the 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake while holding her sleeping infant son. Long before that, she became one of the first American scientists to enter China after it’s normalization in...

Josephine Cole (15) interviews her computer scientist father (Billy Cole, 50) on growing up in West Virginia, the events of September 11, 2001, religion and family. While he plays video games in the background, and her sister yells advise.

Interview about childhood and life problems.

Dad Daniele and daughters Arianna and Athena talk about his life as a president and mathematician, and their life as a family

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Danielle Knox (40) talks with her colleague Krystal Sullivan (38) about their approaches to education, their love of math, and what has gotten them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maggie Syversen asks Margaret Pedersen about her memories of teaching and coaching at El Molino High School.

Rafael Loureiro may confess to being an introvert, but he has no fear of people. He started off talking about AGU’s Voices of Science bootcamp, which he is participating in this year to develop his spokesperson skills. That segued into...

Why did Mr. Herrera become a teacher?

Sean(Student) interview his math teacher, Ms. Kim. This Interview was about how Ms. Kim decide to come to our school and it is also about hers personality, and hers dream. For example, there is a question like what is your...

Joseph Wesolowski (76) talks with his wife, Wendy Wesolowski (59), about growing up as a street kid in the East Village of New York City, high school, his career in Engineering and adoption of their children.

We talked about her past. She told me about her family and what she enjoyed as a child.