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James Butler has studied atmospheric chemistry, ozone depletion for over thirty years. Now, as the Director of NOAA’s global monitoring, he helps direct research into the hole in the ozone layer and climate change. He knows firsthand that we have...

Daughter gives her dad an interview

A series of questions regarding dreams, hopes, and aspirations considering how being an immigrant effected the ability to achieve those things.

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.

Brian Cairns works for the NASA Goddard Institute for space studies in New York, where he focuses on developing instruments that will make better measurements of small particles in space. In this interview Dr. Cairns discusses his start in engineering,...

talked about childhood, memories, advice, mental health, and divorce

Glenn Orton is so deep in Jupiter mission information that he gets envious when he’s not involved in a space project studying the gas giant. The senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory studies the composition and structure...

Richard Johnson is an AGU member who has been coming to Fall Meeting for years. He discusses some of the keynotes he’s attended in recent years, like those by Jerry Brown, Elon Musk, and Dan Rather. A sci-fi enthusiast, Richard...

This interview is about my mother and myself. We talk about how she raised me, what I was like as a child, and her aspirations for me when I have my own children.

Interview with my mother about her childhood, advice she has held onto, and what she wishes for my future.

This interview its friendly and familiar, it’s about my brother’s life and about the advices he could share to young people.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, Marina Fayez (15) interviews her sunday school teacher Nilhal Zacharia (47) about her father and how lessons have taught her to become who she is today. Mrs. Zacharia shares stories...

This is my grandpa

We talked about how my dad met my mom and how it all came to be. How both my parents were raised by their grandparents but in a very different way to be good people. They talk about some of...

AGU Virtual Poster Showcase Winner Interview with Babak Fard, doctorate student at Northeastern University.

What advice would you give your teenage self? What funny stories can you share?

Woody Turner, the program scientist for biological diversity and manager for ecological forecasting programs at NASA, and one of the few people in the world who directly harness the power of space to solve a whale of a problem –...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Lafayette, New Jersey, Sammi Gasparini (18) interviews her mother Stacey Gasparini (49). Stacey talks about her love for her husband and daughter. She also gives advice and talks about important happy memories...

Megan [no last name given] (38) shares a conversation with her mother, Grace [no last name given] (69), about Grace’s childhood, the people who impacted her life the most, her children and grandchildren, and the wisdom she would like to...

John Geismann, professor of geosciences at the University of Texas Dallas, shares his discovery into the science field and favorite aspects of working with students. He discusses the critical point we are in society and need for the global community...

How did Biogeoscience become a recognized field of study, with its own journal and sections at AGU? What obstacles did its organizers have to overcome in order to make it a viable field and a welcome presence at AGU? In...

This interview is with my grandpa and goes over his favorite memories from his childhood, how he met my grandma, favorite memories with me, and his life in the military.

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...

In this interview, conducted on December 02, 2018 in Trinity, Florida, David Lewis (19) interviewed his mother Marie Jeune (38) about her past, present and the future. Mrs. Jeune share stories about what it was like being a teenager from...

Interview with my grandpa (74) for SLHS 580