Charity Woodrum
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Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
And on the first day of class, I met Dr. Scott Fisher, who was an astrophysicist.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
And he, you know, he wasn't Stephen Hawking or Carl Sagan.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
He was like a normal person that had this job that I, and that was the first time I realized, like, oh, I could actually have a job in this field.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
I was like, okay, that's what I want to do now.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
So after taking that first day of class in Dr. Fisher's class, I started bugging him every day.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
And I would just go to his office and ask him if I could join his research group.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
And he'd be like, you know, my research group is full.
Radiolab
Galaxy Quenching
His boss had a research product for a student.