Today we are joined by Dr. Zo Kreager, whom is a trained geologist with a research focus on how geologists visually perceive diagrams and best practices for teaching university level geoscience courses. She has won the outstanding graduate teaching assistant award twice and is currently an Assistant Professor of Geology at SUNY Oneonta.

She has published numerous articles like "Seeing Like a Geologist: How Expertise and Context Impact Frame-of-Reference Judgments" & her latest being featured in Geosphere from the Geological Society of Americca about how "Spatial skill predicts success on sequence stratigraphic interpretation." 

1. https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/groundwork/G423GW/GSATG423GW.pdf

2. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/18/2/750/612178/Spatial-skill-predicts-success-on-sequence

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Siria Ysabel Bojorquez is a first generation, highest ranking, cum laude honors bachelor’s degree graduate from Texas Tech University. She also holds a Master’s in Green Energy, Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility from Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy.  Her former employer positions include, working for the US Department of Education under TRIO, working as an environmental and international policy intern for former congressman Beto O’Rourke, and being a PBS Kid’s Club TV Host (where she directed and stared in educational science clips).

 She has held several pageant titles all of which originated from her passion for sustainability. United Nations and Peace Corp Representative for 24th World Miss University, Miss Teen Earth United States (2010), Miss Earth United States (2012), Miss Lubbock Texas USA (2014), Miss Multiverse (2016) and Miss Sun City for Miss Texas USA (2021).   

 She has had several research publications including one on the United States Agency for International Development’s Food Aid program and the Environmental Services Department in Texas. She is trilingual, has experience in over 25 countries and is a proud environmentalist.

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Gabrielle Sousa is a Brazilian living in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Bachelors in Civil Engineering, two MBA’s, one in Management and the other is in Business Law, and she holds a  Masters of Science in renewables. Gabi is an avid explorer visiting over 70 countries and is a researcher in energy law, solar energy, and decarbonization. In addition, she is an advocate for climate justice, inclusion and diversity, and the decolonization of the climate discourse. Today, we are discussing her past research of halite perovskite solar cells, activism, being a women in a male dominated field like construction and engineering, and much much more!

Please visit her website : https://www.gabriellesousa.com/ to learn more about her and the work she does/has done in the past!

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