Prof. Marcelle Soares-Santos: Season 2 Episode 10

<p>Season 2 Episode 10</p> <p>Professor Soares-Santos’ research aims to uncover the nature of the accelerated expansion of the cosmos. Her team detected the first neutron star collision ever observed, a discovery heralded as the Science breakthrough of the year 2017. She was awarded the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship in 2019 and the Cottrell Scholar Award in 2021. Her research has been featured in major media outlets worldwide including the PBS TV series Nova Wonders. Previously, Professor Soares-Santos was the Landsman Career Development Chair &amp; Assistant Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. She was also an Associate Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. &nbsp;</p> <p>My Journey as a Physicist is brought to you by PhD student <a href="https://perl.natsci.msu.edu/people/graduate-students/bryan-stanley/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bryan Stanley</a> (he/him/his) and Prof. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.pa.msu.edu%2Fpeople%2Fhwlin%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKpswHb14HhBLArZNZxdgSumIxoA" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Huey-Wen Lin</a> (she/her). Season 2 is edited by Varalee Sakorikar. &nbsp;</p> <p>Season 2 consists of members of the Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise known as Snowmass. &nbsp;</p> <p>If you like the podcast or have any suggestions for future improvement, please take a minute to use <a href="https://forms.gle/YBdVtiKAdKzHZHVi9" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this form</a> to let us know: &nbsp;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxRDWXM-iJ_IdVAh7ZtrnqjVpajodVMdmA3o3piLAO3u-Jxw/viewform</p>