Months 1 & 2: Notes from Bohol and Beyond
An Tran reflects on her first two months at CVIF — the resilience of students drafting manuscripts on smartphones, pre-dawn fieldwork on the intertidal zone, and a scooter adventure across Bohol.
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An Tran reflects on her first two months at CVIF — the resilience of students drafting manuscripts on smartphones, pre-dawn fieldwork on the intertidal zone, and a scooter adventure across Bohol.
Read more →Adriane McDonald writes about her first month at CVIF — sunrise fieldwork collecting molluscs, leading the morphometrics research group, and discovering an unexpected connection to the Philippines.
Read more →DaNae Woodard shares her second month at CVIF — nutrition month festivities, biology debates about gap junctions, a crocheted cell model, and her first ferry ride to a neighboring island.
Read more →DaNae Woodard arrives in Jagna with an open heart and quickly falls in love with the community, the food, and her CVIF students. Her first month teaching biology and research methods sets the tone for a transformative fellowship.
Read more →Former Science Corps fellow Bianca Baldassarri reflects on her fellowship at CVIF in the Philippines, teaching research and physics and inspiring the next generation of scientists.
Read more →A photo gallery from Gabriela's Science Corps fellowship at Aavishkaar in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India — student workshops, field activities, and more.
Read more →Janneli Lea Soria discusses her journey from Isabela to Singapore and back — studying tsunamis and storm surges, returning through the DOST Balik Scientist Program, and teaching Earth Science at CVIF.
Read more →Filipino-American evolutionary biologist Faye Romero discusses endangered species research, growing up in Texas with deep Filipino roots, and what representation means in evolutionary biology.
Read more →Cynthia Garcia-Eidell discusses growing up in the Coffee Capital of the Philippines, studying the Arctic from space at NASA, and why Filipino scientists have a unique role in understanding climate change.
Read more →Cassidy Childs discusses her Filipino-American identity, growing up with robotics clubs and science fairs in Northern California, and how a hometown wildfire set her on the path to climate policy.
Read more →Reinabelle Reyes, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the National Institute of Physics in UP Diliman, discusses data science, growing up in Metro Manila, and her work building scientific communities.
Read more →Iris Bea Ramiro discusses her cone snail research, growing up in Bohol, and pursuing science at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Read more →Ariane Peralta discusses her microbiome research, her path from the Philippines to East Carolina University, and her commitment to mentoring the next generation of Filipino scientists.
Read more →Hyacinth Suarez discusses her work as a marine biologist in Bohol, the Philippines, her passion for coral reef conservation, and growing up surrounded by the ocean.
Read more →Science Corps launches the Filipinas in STEM series — a collection of interviews with Filipino women scientists sharing their journeys, research, and advice for the next generation.
Read more →Science Corps congratulates Professors Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier on winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Watch Science Corps co-founder Ben Rubin's interview with Professor Doudna.
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