Lara Kamal on black holes, becoming a scientist as an immigrant, and gender equality in STEM
Episode 24
This week’s guest is Lara Kamal - an Iraq native astrophysicist who immigrated to the US as a teenager. We discussed her experience with becoming a scientist as a female immigrant, gender equality in STEM fields, the latest astrophysical breakthroughs, if space can be a solution to climate change, what happens to your body when you enter a black hole, and much more.
Picture of a black hole https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history
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