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PODCAST | Climb Every Mountain

Reshmina William

When most of us think of “scientists,” we envision someone in a lab coat huddled behind a lab bench. AAAS STPF fellow Alexandra “Ali” Giese defies this stereotype – her work with glaciers has taken her all over the world, from the Himalayas to the Greenland ice sheet. It has also taught her the culture and importance of glaciers and mountains. Ali chats with host and fellow fellow Reshmina William, telling the story of how she turned her “obsession with ice” into a career in climate science and of the international community she has befriended along the way.  

 

Guest 

Ali Giese, PhD, Glaciologist; 2021-23 Executive Branch Fellow at the United States Agency for International Development 

Host 

Reshmina William, PhD, Civil Engineering; 2022-23 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy; 2021-22 Judicial Branch Fellow; Twitter: @ReshminaWilliam 

Executive Producer 

Reshmina William, PhD, Civil Engineering; 2022-23 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy; 2021-22 Judicial Branch Fellow; Twitter: @ReshminaWilliam 

 

Image: Pexels, Sanket Barik

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Reshmina William

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Reshmina William is a water resources engineer passionate about using data science as a multi-disciplinary tool to empower communities to sustainability shape their environments. During her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she worked with a team of lawyers, geologists, landscape architects, and community organisers to study the impact that green infrastructure performance has on stormwater resilience in urban environments. She also has two years of experience as a Design Engineer for TERRA Engineering, Ltd. in Chicago, IL, where she led the design of a web-based tool to allow engineers and city planners to work together to holistically evaluate green solutions for stormwater management. She was the 2021-2022 AAAS STPF Judicial Fellow, where she assisted staff the Federal Judicial Center in developing educational materials for federal judges on environmental science, hydrology, and their intersection with the law. Her interests lie at the intersection of engineering, law, policy, and the arts as avenues for science communication.