Podcasts

Avoiding Armageddon With Dr. Carrie Nugent

June 14, 2017 #asteroid, #California Institute of Technology’, #Nerdette, #podcasts, #science, #space, #WBEZ, #women in STEM

Dr. Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter at the California Institute of Technology’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. She even has an asteroid named after her: Asteroid 8801 Nugent. On Nerdette, she talks with Greta Johnsen about what it’s like to track elusive celestial bodies and why she doesn’t like talking about what it’s like being a female scientist. {listen}