Ethan Meitz and Jerry Wang of Carnegie Mellon University talk about molecular simulation, heat transfer and how conversation in many forms has shaped Ethan's Ph.D. research. Ethan is a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student and current DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, and Jerry is his Ph.D. advisor and a past fellowship recipient. This episode is the first in our Season 8 series, focusing on collaboration.

• Ethan Meitz a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University and a fourth-year Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow (DOE CSGF). He works with Alan McGaughey, in the mechanical engineering department and
• Gerald (Jerry) Wang associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Jerry was a DOE CSGF recipient from 2014 to 2018.

On July 15, 2021, Science in Parallel launched a six-episode season celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship program. After five years, 45 episodes and 55 guests, we're celebrating our coverage of computational collaboration and creativity, exploring research on energy, medicine, artificial intelligence, quantum science and more.

• Sarah Webb: Science in Parallel's host
• Anda Trifan: Senior Principal Scientist, GSK
• Amanda Randles: Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
• Anubhav Jain: Chemist/Staff Scientist/Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Danilo Perez: Ph.D. student at New York University
• Ian Foster: Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago, and Senior Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
• Sunita Chandrasekaran: Associate Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware
• Quentarius Moore: Software Development Engineer, AMD

Recently four alumni of the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) met and discussed quantum science and quantum computing. They also shared how the DOE CSGF helped their careers and their advice for new fellows and other early career computational scientists. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the DOE CSGF, we've included their answers here as a bonus episode. We hope their insights will help other researchers deepen their careers.

• Jacob Bringewatt: Assistant Professor of Physics at the U.S. Naval Academy
• Grace Johnson: Senior Product Manager, NVIDIA
• Alicia Magann : Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
• Dylan Sim: Senior Quantum Applications Architect, PsiQuantum