My Fave Queer Chemist
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ethan Chavarin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with Ethan Chavarin (he/him), an undergraduate researcher in the Stieber lab at Cal Poly Pomona. We discussed survivi...
Matthew Welmers, INX Int. Ink Co. & oSTEM
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the Matthew Welmers (he/they), a research scientist at INX Int. Co. and VP of Projects & Programs at oSTEM. ...
Dr. Eden Tanner, University of Mississippi
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Eden Tanner (she/her), an Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). We discuss Ed...
Dr. Austin Graham, University of California, San Francisco
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Austin Graham (he/him), a postdoctoral fellow in the Gartner lab at UCSF and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. We ...
MFQC Check-In: 3rd Year of Graduate School with Sarah Champagne
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief hiatus, we're back baby! This week on the show Bec and Geraldo welcome back friend of the pod, Sarah Champagne (they/them), a graduate s...
Dr. Nancy Williams, Claremont McKenna/Scripps/Pitzer Colleges (with Guest Host, Kareesa Kron)
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the last week of our Pride Summer Special!! This week on the show, we welcomed MFQC newcomer Kareesa Kron (they/them) as our guest host! Ka...
Dr. Brennan Kessenich, National Park Service (With Guest Host Filipe Cerqueira)
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 4, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed back Filipe Cerquei...
Dr. Vanessa Ralph, Chemistry Education Researcher (With Guest Host Stephanie Berg)
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 3, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed back Stephanie Berg...
Viktor Belay, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine (with Guest Host Cassie Chartier)
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pride Month may be over but MFQC Pride Summer is still underway! Welcome back for Week 2, y'all! This week on the show we welcomed MFQC newcomer Cassi...
Avery Tytla, University of California, Berkeley (With Guest Host Sky Cochrane)
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pride Month, y'all and welcome to Week 1 of our MFQC Pride Summer Special! This week on the show we welcomed back Sky Cochrane (first on the sho...
Dr. Nate Cardin, Harvard Westlake School
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the Dr. Nate Cardin (he/him), a high school chemistry professor at Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles. We di...
Dr. Camille Bishop, National Institute of Standards and Technology
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the lovely Dr. Camille Bishop (she/her) who currently serves as a NRC postdoctoral fellow at the National Instit...
Dr. Michelle Bushey, National Science Foundation
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we chatted with the lovely Dr. Michelle Bushey (she/her) who currently serves as a Program Director at the National Science Foun...
Tom Pospiech, University of California, San Francisco
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, we chat with Tom Pospiech (he/him) a graduate student in the Southworth lab at the University of California, San Francisco. We d...
Dr. Christian Malapit, Northwestern University
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Dr. Christian Malapit (he/him), an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Northwestern University. We cha...
Dr. André Isaacs, College of the Holy Cross
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with season 3 of MFQC!! We're so glad to be back, we've got a great season planned for y'all! This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk wi...
Stephanie Berg, University of Nebraska
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, we chat with Stephanie Berg (she/her) a 3rd year graduate student in the Moon lab at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. We dis...
Dr. Lisa Pecher, Angewandte Chemie
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod we took a little virtual trip over to Germany to chat with the lovely with Dr. Lisa Pecher (she/her) who currently serves as an E...
Dr. Matthew Leech, University of Greenwich
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod we skip on over across the pond to hat with Dr. Matthew Leech (he/him) a postdoctoral fellow in the Lab lab at the University of ...
Dr. Laura Haynes, University of Michigan
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief summer hiatus, we're back! And we've got some great stories lined up for y'all!! This week on the pod, we chat with Dr. Laura Haynes (sh...
Pride Summer Finale: An Evening with Carolyn Bertozzi
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our fourth and final Pride Summer event, a live disc...
Pride Summer Panel #3: LGBTQ+ in Academia
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our third Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussio...
Pride Summer Panel #2: LGBTQ+ in Industry
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our second Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussi...
Pride Summer Panel #1: LGBTQ+ in SciComm / SciPol
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to My Fave Queer Chemist, y'all! This week, Bec & Geraldo share the recording of our first Pride Summer event, a Live Panel discussio...
Irving Rettig, Portland State University
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, we chat with Irving Rettig (he/they) a 5th year graduate student in Theresa McCormick's lab at Portland State University. We dis...
MFQC Check-In: 2nd Year of Grad School
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Bec and Geraldo reflect on the last year of graduate school and we've navigated their 2nd year in the middle of a pandemic! We c...
Kat Magnone, Miami University
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, we chatted with the lovely Kat Magnone (they/them), a graduate student in the Yezierski lab at Miami University where they work ...
Devin Swiner, Ohio State University
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Geraldo and Bec talk with the incredible Devin Swiner (she/her), a 5th year graduate student in the Badu-Tawaih research group a...
Samantha Mensah, University of California, Los Angeles
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, Geraldo and Bec talk with Samantha Mensah (she/her), a graduate student in the Weiss and Andrews labs at UCLA. We discuss her w...
Dr. Benny Chan, The College of New Jersey
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with season 2 of MFQC!! We're so glad to be back, we've missed y'all so much! This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Dr. Ben...
Dr. Nick Chiappini, Princeton University
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Bec and Geraldo talk with Nick Chiappini (he/him), who received a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University and is now a postdoc...
Dr. Antonio Tinoco Valencia, Harvard University
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Dr. Antonio Tinoco Valencia (he/him), who received his PhD from the University of Rochester and rece...
Emily Norwine, University of Michigan
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Emily Norwine (she/her) a graduate student in the Szymczak lab at the University of Michigan. We talk about abo...
Dr. Nicholas Ball, Pomona College
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're ~back~ y'all!! We're so excited to bring back weekly episodes of the show! This week, Bec and Geraldo interviewed Dr. Nicholas Ball (he/him) who...
Cortland Russell, Out in STEM
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's our last episode of our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM! Can you believe it? We hope that y'all have enjoyed it as much as we...
Dr. Adair Borges, University of California, Berkeley
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can you believe it's already our last week of our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM? This week on the pod, Geraldo and Bec talk with...
Dr. Shaz Zamore, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Bec and Geraldo sit down with Shaz Zamore (they/them) who currently serves as the STEAM Outreach Coordinator at the ATLAS Instit...
Dr. Lauren Esposito, 500 Queer Scientists
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We hope y'all are enjoying our Pride Month Special so far - we've still got a few more amazing interviews lined up for y'all, so stay tuned! This week...
Sam Brinton, The Trevor Project
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo talked with the incredible Sam Brinton (they/them), who currently serves at the Vice President for Advocacy and ...
Roberto Efraín Díaz, University of California, San Francisco
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo talk with Roberto (Robbie) Efraín Díaz (he/him), a graduate student in the Fraser Lab in the Department of Bio...
Dwayne Evans, Harvard University
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo chat with Dwayne Evans (he/him), a graduate student in the Extavour lab in the Department of Organismic and Evol...
Dr. Jack Miller, University of Michigan
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Bec and Geraldo talked with the incredible Jack Miller (they/them), a Lecturer and Statistics Education Specialist in the Department of Stat...
Rochelle Diamond, National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the second episode of our Pride Month special, Bec and Geraldo talked with Rochelle Diamond (she/her), the co-founder and chair of the National Org...
Rob Ulrich, University of California, Los Angeles
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pride Month, y'all! To kick off our Pride Month Special: Celebrating Excellence in STEM, Bec and Geraldo first chatted with Rob Ulrich (they/he)...
Grace Panetti, University of Pennsylvania
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo chatted with the lovely Grace Panetti (she/her), a graduate student in the Walsh and Schelter groups in the Depa...
Dr. Song Lin, Cornell University
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, Bec and Geraldo had the pleasure of sitting down with Song Lin (he/him), an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry a...
MFQC Check-In: First Year of Graduate School with Sarah Champagne
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, Geraldo and Bec shake things up a bit by doing the first (of many) "MFQC Check-In". They sit down with their dear friend, Sarah...
Emmett Leddin, University of North Texas
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chatted with the lovely Emmett Leddin (he/they), a third year graduate student in the Cisneros lab in the Department of Chemistry and the...
Dr. Lorenzo Mosca, Northwestern University
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Lorenzo Mosca (he/him), a post-doctoral researcher in the Stoddart lab in Northwestern University Dep...
Sky Cochrane, Duke University
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Sky Cochrane (she/her), a second year graduate student in the Zhou lab in the Duke University Departm...
Dr. Kyle McDonald, Dow Chemical
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, Bec and Geraldo interview Kyle McDonald (he/him), a senior scientist at Dow Chemical who did his PhD work in the Matzger lab at...
Johanna Masterson, Princeton University
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Johanna Masterson (she/her), a first year graduate student in the Sorenson Lab at Princeton Universit...
Hannah Friedman, University of California, Los Angeles
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Hannah Friedman (she/they), a fourth year graduate student in the Caram lab at the University of Cali...
Dr. Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin, Madison
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Tehshik Yoon (he/him), a photchemical/synthetic organic chemistry professor in the Department of Chem...
Barbara Belmont, California State University, Dominguez Hills
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Barbara Belmont (she/her), an analytical chemistry lecturer and laboratory instructor in the Departme...
Filipe Cerqueira, University of Michigan
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Filipe Cerqueria (he/him), a third year PhD student working in Nicole Koropatkin's lab at the Univers...
Dr. Randolph Escobar, AstraZeneca
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Randolph Escobar (he/him), who got his PhD in Scott Schaus' lab at Boston University and is now a pos...
Isaac Blythe, University of Michigan
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Geraldo and Bec interview Isaac Blythe (they/them), a second year graduate student working in Melanie Sanford's lab at the Univ...
Introducing My Fave Queer Chemist
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the *inaugural* episode of My Fave Queer Chemist (MFQC for short), a podcast celebrating the excellence of LGBTQ+ chemists everywhere. Join...