Nathan Boll was an excellent physics student -- up until the day he suddenly dropped out.
Nathan Boll is a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the National Academy of Sciences and a Space Policy Graduate Fellow in the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Montana Western and an M.S. in Space Science from the University of Michigan. Nathan’s work is primarily focused on the development of international cooperation for the exploration and development of space, and in supporting STEM education initiatives, such as the NASA Space Academy.
Richard French gets the call to work for NASA, fulfilling a dream that started with his professor Carl Sagan.
Xavier Jordan discovers the party side of science at his first scientific conference.
Geneticist C. Brandon Ogbunu contemplates the role race has played in his academic career after he is confronted by the police.
Joshua Adams-Miller has never seen college in his future, until he receives encouragement from an unexpected source.
A chance meeting with a stranger on an airplane has a huge impact on Melanie Knight's life.
Veterinarian Rodrigo Solis thinks he's found the perfect job -- taking care of horses in the Mexican Army -- until a new commander takes over.
Mary Garcia-Cazarin discovers she's pregnant just as she is offered a prestigious science policy fellowship, and worries about whether she can't cope with both.
Heather Williams trades in her physicist labcoat for motherhood, and wonders if she can return.
Monica Dunford finds physics cold and boring until she gets a summer job in a lab that changes everything.
Parmvir Bahia struggles to appease her parents’ desires for an Indian son-in-law while also satisfying her own desires to be a scientist.