"We should not live in a bubble when we conduct science." A conversation with Florian Schwandner.

From a childhood filled with archeology lessons from his dad, to graduate studies measuring gases from active volcanoes, and then designing early warning systems to detect volcanic activity, Dr. Florian Schwandner's life goal has been to make a difference in...

Story of my Grandfather’s Life

My grandfather grew up here in the Bay Area. He went through school and graduated all through high school. He worked in the automotive industry and at AT&T. He now lives in the same house and helps out at his...

"Persistence is necessary to have a career in the sciences." An interview with Laura Iraci.

Dr. Laura Iraci is a research scientist in the Earth Sciences Division at NASA Ames, where she leads a group focusing on air and where human pollution goes. In this interview, we discuss her early interest in high school chemistry...

"When I was a child I always loved nature — I [knew] I wanted to become a scientist." A conversation with Stephanie Marie Ortiz Rosario.

Stephanie Marie Ortiz Rosario is an undergraduate student and Physics major from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Over the summer, Stephanie will be participating at SaSa, the Student Airborne Science Activation, summer program. SaSa is hosting 25 early-career undergraduates (first-...

Charles Rogers and Dale MacMillan

Friends and past co-workers Charles Rogers and Dale MacMillan talk about their experiences as rangers at Buffalo National River in the early days of the park.

Measuring global change from satellites. An interview with Chris Potter.

Dr. Chris Potter is a Research Scientist in Earth Science at the NASA Ames Research Center. In this interview, we discuss his research that is part of the collective project, the rapid response and novel research in earth science, which...

Mrs Shales Life Lessons

Mrs Shales shares some of her life lessons and her thoughts on the MVA student body

Mr.Williams shares some great advice to Haisley

Mr.Williams shared with me important lessons he learned in life such as forgiveness and to be proud of what you do. He also told me how he would like to be remembered. He told me what the student body could...

"You just go wherever there are interesting patterns." An interview with Dr. Rama Nemani.

Dr. Rama Nemani, Senior Earth Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, works on ecological forecasting. In this interview, we discuss how Rama’s career trajectory moved from farming to supercomputing, NASA Earth Exchange (NEX), the difference between simulation modeling and...

Denise Masumoto and Kenichiro Shino

Denise Masumoto: 2020-04-17 22:12:05 A conversation between Kenichiro Shino, a visiting scholar in the Global Affiliates Program at Shorenstein APARC at Stanford University, and Denise Masumoto who is the program manager. We talked a little about his experience here in...

Kevin Cheri: The Buffalo's First African-American Employee & Superintendent

In this interview we hear from Kevin Cheri, Buffalo National River's first African-American employee and retired superintendent, about his experience rising up in the National Park Service