Frank A. brought my attention to this video on Marie Tharpe at the New York Times.
Other scientists dismissed her work as "girl talk," but she refused to back down -- and changed the way we see the planet.You can also read more about her here. In the words of the late James Brown, "This is a man's world, this is a man's world, But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."

Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.




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