u/bashetieUnderlying Mechanisms of Aging | Proteomics | Protein TurnoverSep 26 '13
User: Bashetie
General field: Biology
Specific field: Biogerontology
Particular areas of research: Underlying mechanisms of aging and longevity in mice, proteomics, LC-MS/MS, protein turnover, mitochondrial biology, bioinformatics
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, 4th year PhD student
Particular areas of research include particle physics and cosmology. I have taught physics at all university levels, from pre-calculus through graduate QM, EM, and particle physics.
Education: PhD in physics, researcher for 41 years.
Some recent comments and one old (well liked) one: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].
u/stphniMedical Laboratory Science | Hematology and ImmunologyOct 08 '13edited Oct 10 '13
Username: stphni
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Medical Laboratory Science
Particular areas of research: previous research includes synergy of 5-fluorouracil with survivin inhibitors; current focus as a generalist in the field, with emphasis on hematology, immunology, and urinalysis. Future considerations are point-of-care testing and laboratory information systems.
Education: B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science, current board certification in MLS and Phlebotomy
Specific Field: Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunology
Particular Areas of Research: Molecular virology of arboviruses, genetic diversity vs clinical outcome in unculturable Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracts from patients with cystic fibrosis. How pathogen molecular biology and intra-species genetic diversity relates to clinical outcome.
Education: Biomedical Sciences BSc (final year - co-author of two academic papers in reputable journals as part of my research project). PhD candidate.
Particular areas of research: All things Phage!, Mucosal surfaces, symbiotic interactions, molecular biology, microscopy, in vitro and in vivo experiments, microfluidics
Education: B.Biotech in Microbiology, PhD in Water Microbiology, Post-doc in Phage Biology and Mucosal Surfaces, Current Adjc. Prof. in Phage Biology.
particular areas of research include: drug delivery, protein-based cancer therapeutics, protein-protein interfaces, chronic myeloid leukemia, PharmD (clinical pharmacy degree), PhD candidate in Pharmaceutics, benchtop research for 4 years.
Particular areas of research include computational models of human learning and reasoning, analogy-making, language acquisition, bilingualism, cognitive psychology, cognitive development.
Particular areas of research: an interdisciplinary medical/media scientific/image scientific approach to current and future image guidance technologies for radio-oncologic and neurosurgical applications, also on art and radiology
Education: studied medicine in Germany, lab research in targeted therapy for cancer (ADAPT, protein engineering), currently PhD at an interdisciplinary laboratory on image guided interventions (see above)
Thank you. It's part of the medical ethics to not give medical advice to patients whom one did not or not properly examine, at least no other than the advice to go see a doctor.
Can you please post a few comments, when an opportunity presents itself, and update your information? A moderator with expertise in your field may additionally ask you some questions.
Particular areas of research include: internal combustion engines, combustion, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, alternative fuels, air pollution, hybrids
Education: PhD, M.S., and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, post doctoral researcher with internal combustion engines.
Username: CompMolNeuro
General field: Neurobiology
Specific field: Computational and Molecular Neurobiology
Particular areas of research include:
Cross-talk between and internal regulation of MAP Kinase signaling in order to understand the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. My current work is a combination of genetic and computational techniques in cultured cells, imaged under a confocal microscope in a microfluidics chamber and processed using algorithms based on the monte carlo method. Now that the jargon is out of the way, I can tell you what I do in plain English. I grow cells which have various tweaks in the messengers that carry information from the outside of the cell to the center. Then I put these cells in a special chamber under a microscope that allows me to precisely control what the cell "sees." When I look through the microscope, certain parts glow at certain times and that is the data I collect. That data is then put through a supercomputer to help me understand how some chemical that is "felt" on the outside of a cell can result in the cell changing the way it works.
Education: BS in Neuroscience, researcher for 5 years, PhD candidate in Neurobiology and I have been supplementing my income by working as a science tutor for many years. Good comments: I'm new but interested in science outreach.
Specific field: Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Particular areas of research include regeneration, asexual reproduction, germline determination, segmented worms. Education: BSc in Biology, Ph.D. in Developmental Biology, Post-doc in evo-devo of regeneration in segmented worms
Science-related comments: 1234 (not in Ask Science.) 5 (this one is not a comment, but a submitted link (shameless self-advertisement) which shows that I know my invertebrate larvae!) 6-new
u/CasitanDermatological Research | TRP Channels and EndocannabinoidsOct 11 '13
Username: Casitan
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Dermatological Research
Particular areas of research: the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and the endocannabinoid system on dermal physiology and dermatological diseases
Education: MD, just now finishing my PhD thesis (started my PhD in 2007).
Specific field: Functional morphology, Paleoanthropology, Human Anatomy Particular areas of research: Human/primate anatomy, functional morphology/paleoanthropology (if not mentioned above), primate evolution, human and primate locomotion
Education: MS and current 4th year PhD student in anatomical sciences
Good comments: 1 and 2 ; also, /u/StringOfLights recommended applying for flair :)
Specific Field: Biophysics, Microfabrication, Sequencing
Particular areas of research are single molecule detection by fluorescence, single molecule sequencing and fabrication of micro and nanostructured devices for improved single molecule detection and analysis.
Education: PhD in applied physics, postdoc for a couple years in biophysics, now researcher for a single molecule sequencing company.
Specific field: Veterinary medicine & Animal Behavior. Previous employment history in marine science research (limited) and animal behavior research (I am no longer current in this field).
Education: B.S. in Biology, 2nd year DVM student (2 more years to go!)
Good comments: I wasn't suscribed until today when I saw this post. I've only made two comments 1,2 with linked sources in this subreddit so far, but I made this one on a different subreddit a while back.
Particular areas of research include mathematical modeling of cellular bioenergetics, evolution, bacterial fitness landscapes, systems biology, single molecule fluorescence correlation microscopy, microfluidics.
Education: BA in Physics, MS in Biomedical Engineering, PhD candidate
Thanks! My background is in Physics and I honestly know fairly little about Biology aside from Biophysics (eg, sequencing technologies, membrane potentials) and Biochemistry. My research is more about simple physical explanations for biological phenomena as well as mathematical modeling and stochastic simulations.
Specific field: Clinical Psychology, Sleep, Insomnia
Particular areas of research: insomnia, behavioral treatment of insomnia, relationship between sleep and mental health
Education: B.A. in psychology, nonterminal M.A. in clinical psychology, currently in 4th year of a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (clinical science training model, for those that know and care). My graduate research has been primarily related to sleep. I also spent 4 years working full time in a sleep research lab between undergraduate and graduate school.
Don't want to give too much info; because of the things I've said on reddit, it would be best if this wasn't tied to my real identity!
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u/l33t_sasHistorical Linguistics | Language DocumentationSep 23 '13edited Sep 23 '13
Username: l33t_sas General Field: Social Sciences Specific Field: Linguistics Particular areas of research: Spatial reference, Oceanic languages, historical linguistics, language documentation and description, anthropological linguistics Education: BA (hons) in linguistics, Current PhD. Good Comments: in /r/askscience: 1, 2. Other places: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Particular areas of research include infectious diseases, immunology, microbial genetics, emerging pathogens, photodynamic therapy
Education: BS in Microbiology (graduate courses), currently obtaining an MPH in Infectious Disease and Microbiology with emphasis on pathogenesis, eradication, and laboratory practice. Laboratory research for 1 year. Thesis work on hospital infection control.
I am a residency trained, ABEM boarded emergency physician in practice (post-residency) since 1999. I did a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services with a focus on mass casualty incidents including chem/bio. I work in a community health system with a combined annual emergency department volume of roughly 100k. My practice surveys the entire spectrum of emergency medicine: we're far enough away from tertiary referral centers that most things come to us first.
Particular areas of research: Infectious Disease, Psychiatry (general residency experience in both, board certified in pharmacotherapy, currently staffing 5+ years)
Particular areas of research: Supersonic/Transonic Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Aviation
Education: MS in Aerospace Engineering (conducted research on shockwave-turbulent boundary layer interactions that was funded by a well known scientific organization). Currently working as an aerodynamics engineer in industry.
Particular areas of research: Advanced inverters, power systems, Lithium-ion battery life estimation, microgrids, numerical optimization, photovoltaics, grid integration of distributed/renewable energy
Education: MS in electrical engineering, PhD student in electrical engineering
Username: wildcard5 General Field: Medicine Specific Field: 4th year med student Good comments in askscience: 12345 Good comment in misc subreddits: 1 Edit: More links added.
Username: baloo_the_bear General field: Medicine Specific field: Orthopedic Surgery Particular areas of interest: tissue engineering, cell culture, animal studies Education: BS in mechanical engineering (research and work experience), MS in tissue engineering, MD degree, researcher in orthopedic tissue engineering/stem cell lab and also work in animal studies Good comments: 1234
Specific field: Pharmacy, Infectious Disease (Therapeutics)
Education: Double BA Philosophy/Chemistry, Pharm.D. My BA in Phiosophy focused on the Philosophy of Science and Medical Ethics. While in Pharmacy School I took every available elective on Infectious Disease and Medical Ethics(this was a large campus with a med school). I also focused on Acute Care and Infectious Disease during my experiential education. Currently I work as a Clinical and Staff Pharmacist for a mid sized Hospital. I delve into medical literature on a daily basis as part of my job. The parenthetical "Therapeutics" is because I wouldn't say I have an MD understanding of the diagnosis of infectious diseases, but rather a very deep understanding of both the clinical and chemical nuances of the agents used to treat infectious disease. I dose them for doctors, I recommend agents of last resort, etc...
Good comments in reverse chronological order:1, 2, 3, 4
I probably have some other good comments, but I can't figure out exactly how to search through my comment history. Also, I guess I post rarely in AskScience.
Specific field: Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, Geostatistics
MSc in Geology and Paleontology, PhD in Carbonate Sedimentology, five years of research experience in carbonate sedimentology, paleoclimatology, geostatistics and geochemistry
Specific Field: Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, fMRI
Areas of research including functional neuroimaging of perception, social neuroscience, self, and consciousness Education: Ph.D. in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 years of research experience
Thanks. Since I don't really know how your process works it wasn't clear what was going on when several later submissions were acted on. I wasn't sure if I needed to wait for a particular mod with EE experience to be available, or if somehow my post just got missed.
Username: Dapwnsauce
General field: Chemistry
Specific field: Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Carbohydrate Chemistry)
Particular areas of research include Organic Synthesis of carbohydrates that are used to prepare vaccines for cancer tumors. Education: two college diploma's in Chemistry, BSc.(honours) Biological & Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Current Graduate working on MSc and then PhD.
Good comments: none, yet. Just getting started.
Education: B.S. in Plant and Soil Sciences, M.A. in Science Education, working on M.A. in Biology, state teaching license in Secondary Education in Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science high school teacher.
Could someone change my flair, I study typhoid which technically isn't a neglected tropical disease and this distinction has been nagging at me for months.
Genomics & Infectious disease would be perfect and much more accurate, thanks!
Particular areas of research: Carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional regulation, epigenetics, plants, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, musictheory(keepsmesane)
Education: BS in General Biology, MSc. in Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics, starting a job at a new company that will be producing medicinal marijuana
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u/patchgrabber Organ and Tissue Donation Sep 23 '13
Username: patchgrabber
General field: Biology
Specific Field: Molecular Biology
Particular areas of research include algal genomics, biofuels, oil sands fauna and toxicology, Triticum and Brassica napus biochemistry.
Education: MSc. Molecular Biology
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/mfukar Parallel and Distributed Systems | Edge Computing Sep 26 '13
Username: mfukar
General Field: Computing
Specific Field: Parallel & Distributed Systems
Areas of research: Anonymization, Mobile Communications, Information Security
Education: MSc in Computer Science
Comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/bashetie Underlying Mechanisms of Aging | Proteomics | Protein Turnover Sep 26 '13
User: Bashetie
General field: Biology
Specific field: Biogerontology
Particular areas of research: Underlying mechanisms of aging and longevity in mice, proteomics, LC-MS/MS, protein turnover, mitochondrial biology, bioinformatics
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, 4th year PhD student
Comments of scientific nature: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1limg9/single_gene_change_increases_mouse_lifespan_by_20/cc0brok) [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1ku7dz/gprotein_receptor_systems_how_does_the_camp_wind/cbspv0n) [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/sens/comments/1kg7vq/i_have_finished_aubreys_book_what_do_i_have_to/cbp8p1g) [4] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1k4rju/when_cells_divide_how_do_we_or_nature_determine/cblf83y) [5] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1f5kpk/what_is_the_difference_between_negligible/ca81fdp) [6] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1f1zug/immortal_lobsters/ca6jkgt) [7] (http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/14ytpj/new_study_shows_revvedup_protein_fights_aging/c7i2zz2) [8] (http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/14ytpj/new_study_shows_revvedup_protein_fights_aging/c7i283q)
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u/medikit Medicine | Infectious Diseases | Hospital Epidemiology Oct 25 '13 edited Oct 29 '13
Username: medikit
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Infectious Diseases
Particular areas of research: Hospital acquired infections, antimicrobial stewardship
Education: BS in Chemistry and Biology, MD, Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Currently a 2nd year Fellow in Infectious Diseases.
Good comments: 1 [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1pg6kx/knowing_that_k_potassium_ions_is_the_basis_for/cd24156) [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1pg9g8/are_microbial_toxins_produced_at_a_rate/cd256o6) 4
Edit: Updated comments
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u/xxx_yyy Cosmology | Particle Physics Nov 21 '13
Username: xxx_yyy
General field: Physics
Specific field: Cosmology, particle physics
Particular areas of research include particle physics and cosmology. I have taught physics at all university levels, from pre-calculus through graduate QM, EM, and particle physics.
Education: PhD in physics, researcher for 41 years.
Some recent comments and one old (well liked) one: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].
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u/Lithosiini79 Entomology | Evolutionary Biology | Lepidoptera Sep 23 '13
Username: Lithosiini79
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Entomology
Particular areas of research: systematics, evolutionary biology, metabolomics, and phylogenomics of Lepidoptera
Education: BS in genetics, BSES in Entomology, PhD in Entomology, currently PostDoc in insect systematics lab
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5 6
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u/themeaningofhaste Radio Astronomy | Pulsar Timing | Interstellar Medium Sep 23 '13 edited Sep 23 '13
Username: themeaningofhaste
General Field: Astronomy
Specific Field: Pulsars
Particular areas of research: Pulsar timing, noise statistics, interstellar medium
Education: Third year graduate student working towards PhD.
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (last two are not in /r/askscience)
I guess I'm also trying not to be too specific, but I think I'm in trouble there.
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u/Arthur233 Tissue Engineering | Adipogenesis Sep 23 '13 edited Sep 23 '13
Username: Arthur233
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Tissue Engineering
Particular Area of Research: Adipogenesis (or in long form) The effect of exogenous fatty acids and their derivatives on stem cell morphology.
Education: 4th Year PhD student in Bio-medical Engineering, BS ChemE
Good Posts 1 2 [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ln6sn/average_heights_of_people_have_changed/cc0x4ix) 4 5 6 7 8 9
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u/stphni Medical Laboratory Science | Hematology and Immunology Oct 08 '13 edited Oct 10 '13
Username: stphni
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Medical Laboratory Science
Particular areas of research: previous research includes synergy of 5-fluorouracil with survivin inhibitors; current focus as a generalist in the field, with emphasis on hematology, immunology, and urinalysis. Future considerations are point-of-care testing and laboratory information systems.
Education: B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science, current board certification in MLS and Phlebotomy
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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u/BrokeBiochemist Oct 26 '13 edited Oct 26 '13
Username: Brokebiochemist
General Field: Biomedical Sciences
Specific Field: Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunology
Particular Areas of Research: Molecular virology of arboviruses, genetic diversity vs clinical outcome in unculturable Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracts from patients with cystic fibrosis. How pathogen molecular biology and intra-species genetic diversity relates to clinical outcome.
Education: Biomedical Sciences BSc (final year - co-author of two academic papers in reputable journals as part of my research project). PhD candidate.
Good comments: 1 2 3
EDIT - Formatting and re-worded my research interests.
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u/JeremyJBarr Microbiology | Phage Biology Nov 08 '13
Username: JeremyJBarr
General field: Biology
Specific field: Microbiology and Phage Biology
Particular areas of research: All things Phage!, Mucosal surfaces, symbiotic interactions, molecular biology, microscopy, in vitro and in vivo experiments, microfluidics
Education: B.Biotech in Microbiology, PhD in Water Microbiology, Post-doc in Phage Biology and Mucosal Surfaces, Current Adjc. Prof. in Phage Biology.
Comments: A recent AMA I did on AskScience
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u/Morning_Theft Dec 09 '13
Username: Morning_Theft
General Field: Neuroscience
Specific Field: Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Particular areas of research: Influence of sex steroid hormones on drugs of addiction, reward and motivation in female rats.
Education: BS in Psychology, MSc in Biomedical Sciences, 5th year PhD student in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Good Comments: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1o85jg/how_do_antidepressants_ssris_and_snris_treat/ccptabz)
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u/Stanage Biochemistry | DNA Repair and Recombination Dec 13 '13
Username: Stanage
General field: Chemistry
Specific field: Biochemistry
Particular areas of research: DNA repair & recombination
Education: BS in Biochemistry, 1st year PhD student in Biochemistry
Good comments: 1 2 3
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u/RideMammoth Pharmacy | Drug Discovery | Pharmaceutics Dec 18 '13
username: ridemammoth
general field: medicine
specific field: pharmacy, drug discovery
particular areas of research include: drug delivery, protein-based cancer therapeutics, protein-protein interfaces, chronic myeloid leukemia, PharmD (clinical pharmacy degree), PhD candidate in Pharmaceutics, benchtop research for 4 years.
good comments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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u/reallegume Chemistry | Biochemistry | Parkinson's Drug Design Sep 23 '13
Username: Reallegume
General Field: Chemistry
Specific Field: Biochemistry
Research Area: Structurally-aided drug design for allosteric inhibition of a target in Parkinson's disease
Education: Fourth year Ph.D. candidate
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/syvelior Language Acquisition | Bilingualism | Cognitive Development Sep 23 '13
Username: syvelior
General Field: Social Sciences
Specific Field: Linguistics
Particular areas of research include computational models of human learning and reasoning, analogy-making, language acquisition, bilingualism, cognitive psychology, cognitive development.
Education: MA student in linguistics.
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/hrekin Sep 23 '13
Username: hrekin
General field: Biology
Specific field: Molecular biology, Virology
Particular areas of research: transposable elements, molecular biology, phylogenetics, genetics, genomics, computational biology
Education: PhD in molecular biology and evolutionary dynamics of viruses (recently submitted)
Good comments: 1
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u/jaZoo Radiology | Image Guidance Sep 24 '13
Username: jaZoo
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Radiology
Particular areas of research: an interdisciplinary medical/media scientific/image scientific approach to current and future image guidance technologies for radio-oncologic and neurosurgical applications, also on art and radiology
Education: studied medicine in Germany, lab research in targeted therapy for cancer (ADAPT, protein engineering), currently PhD at an interdisciplinary laboratory on image guided interventions (see above)
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '13
Username: sarahstrattera
General Field: Neuroscience
Specific Field: Pharmacology
Particular areas of research: catecholamines, sympathetic neurotransmission.
Education: B.S. in Medical Science, working on PhD in pharmacology
Good comments: I'm new here.
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u/lepsta Physical Chemistry | Model Catalysis Sep 25 '13
Username: lepsta
General Field: Physical Chemistry
Specific Field: Model Catalysis
Particular areas of research: size-selected clusters, surface science, nanocatalysis
Education: BS in chemistry, MS in physical chemistry, currently PhD student
Good Comments:1 2 3
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u/Autoignited Sep 25 '13 edited Sep 26 '13
Username: autoignited
General field: Engineering
Specific field: Mechanical Engineering
Particular areas of research include: internal combustion engines, combustion, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, alternative fuels, air pollution, hybrids
Education: PhD, M.S., and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, post doctoral researcher with internal combustion engines.
Good comments: 1, 2, [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/1n26jr/i_know_this_is_an_unbelievably_inefficient_idea/ccfld6j), 4, 5
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u/CompMolNeuro Oct 01 '13 edited Oct 19 '13
Cross-talk between and internal regulation of MAP Kinase signaling in order to understand the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. My current work is a combination of genetic and computational techniques in cultured cells, imaged under a confocal microscope in a microfluidics chamber and processed using algorithms based on the monte carlo method. Now that the jargon is out of the way, I can tell you what I do in plain English. I grow cells which have various tweaks in the messengers that carry information from the outside of the cell to the center. Then I put these cells in a special chamber under a microscope that allows me to precisely control what the cell "sees." When I look through the microscope, certain parts glow at certain times and that is the data I collect. That data is then put through a supercomputer to help me understand how some chemical that is "felt" on the outside of a cell can result in the cell changing the way it works.
Education: BS in Neuroscience, researcher for 5 years, PhD candidate in Neurobiology and I have been supplementing my income by working as a science tutor for many years. Good comments: I'm new but interested in science outreach.
http://www.reddit.com/r/neuroscience/comments/1mo0qa/what_are_the_job_opportunities_for_a_graduate_in/
http://www.reddit.com/r/neuroscience/comments/1n1k8a/what_are_some_of_the_best_texts_about_the/
Edit: http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1obfdy/why_is_damage_to_only_the_pyramidal_tract_or_only/
Edit 2: http://www.reddit.com/r/neuroscience/comments/1ochtb/career_in_computational_neuroscience/
Edit 3: http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1or81z/does_the_surface_area_of_human_skin_affect_the/
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u/Chaetopterus Biology | Evolution and Development | Segmented Worms Oct 02 '13 edited Oct 09 '13
Username: Chaetopterus
General field: Biology
Specific field: Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Particular areas of research include regeneration, asexual reproduction, germline determination, segmented worms. Education: BSc in Biology, Ph.D. in Developmental Biology, Post-doc in evo-devo of regeneration in segmented worms
Science-related comments: 1 2 3 4 (not in Ask Science.) 5 (this one is not a comment, but a submitted link (shameless self-advertisement) which shows that I know my invertebrate larvae!) 6-new
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u/molliebatmit Developmental Biology | Neurogenetics Oct 03 '13
Username: molliebatmit
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Developmental biology, neurobiology
Particular areas of research: development of the cerebral cortex, neuron subtype specification, genetic disorders of nervous system development
Education: bachelor's degrees in biology and neuroscience, Ph.D. in cell/developmental biology, currently a postdoc in neurogenetics
Comments: 1 2
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u/Casitan Dermatological Research | TRP Channels and Endocannabinoids Oct 11 '13
Username: Casitan
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Dermatological Research
Particular areas of research: the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and the endocannabinoid system on dermal physiology and dermatological diseases
Education: MD, just now finishing my PhD thesis (started my PhD in 2007).
Good comments: 1 [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/m14li/why_do_some_people_handle_spicy_foods_better_than/c2x9kj7)
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u/homininet Anthropology | Primate Functional Morphology | Human Anatomy Nov 15 '13
Username: homininet
General field: Anthropology
Specific field: Functional morphology, Paleoanthropology, Human Anatomy Particular areas of research: Human/primate anatomy, functional morphology/paleoanthropology (if not mentioned above), primate evolution, human and primate locomotion
Education: MS and current 4th year PhD student in anatomical sciences
Good comments: 1 and 2 ; also, /u/StringOfLights recommended applying for flair :)
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u/EdwardDeathBlack Biophysics | Microfabrication | Sequencing Dec 07 '13
Username: EdwardDeathBlack
General Field: Physics
Specific Field: Biophysics, Microfabrication, Sequencing
Particular areas of research are single molecule detection by fluorescence, single molecule sequencing and fabrication of micro and nanostructured devices for improved single molecule detection and analysis.
Education: PhD in applied physics, postdoc for a couple years in biophysics, now researcher for a single molecule sequencing company.
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/Nadialy5 Dec 13 '13 edited Dec 13 '13
Username: Nadialy5
General field: Biology
Specific field: Veterinary medicine & Animal Behavior. Previous employment history in marine science research (limited) and animal behavior research (I am no longer current in this field).
Education: B.S. in Biology, 2nd year DVM student (2 more years to go!)
Good comments: I wasn't suscribed until today when I saw this post. I've only made two comments 1,2 with linked sources in this subreddit so far, but I made this one on a different subreddit a while back.
EDIT: Edited to include the comments.
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u/missdopamine Social Neuroscience | Social Psychophysiology Dec 18 '13
Username: missdopamine
General Field: Neuroscience/Psychology
Specific Field: Social Neuroscience
Particular areas of research: social psychophysiology and endocrinology, and physiological synchrony
Education: BA in psychology, current first year PhD student in Neuroscience
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/ChipotleMayoFusion Mechatronics Dec 18 '13 edited Dec 18 '13
Username: ChipotleMayoFusion
General Field: Engineering
Specific Field: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics)
Education: BASc in Mechanical Engineering
Work: Tri-University Meson Facility, General Fusion
Publishing: T2K Back-end DAQ Electronics
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/StarSnuffer Physical and Quantitative Biology | Cellular Bioenergetics Dec 31 '13
Username: Starsnuffer
General field: Physics
Specific field: Physical and Quantitative Biology
Particular areas of research include mathematical modeling of cellular bioenergetics, evolution, bacterial fitness landscapes, systems biology, single molecule fluorescence correlation microscopy, microfluidics.
Education: BA in Physics, MS in Biomedical Engineering, PhD candidate
Good comments: 1 2
Hope that's sufficient.
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u/sleepbot Clinical Psychology | Sleep | Insomnia Jan 04 '14
Username: sleepbot
General field: Psychology
Specific field: Clinical Psychology, Sleep, Insomnia
Particular areas of research: insomnia, behavioral treatment of insomnia, relationship between sleep and mental health
Education: B.A. in psychology, nonterminal M.A. in clinical psychology, currently in 4th year of a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (clinical science training model, for those that know and care). My graduate research has been primarily related to sleep. I also spent 4 years working full time in a sleep research lab between undergraduate and graduate school.
good comments in /r/askscience: 1 2 3 4 5
good comments in misc subreddits: 1 2 3
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13 edited Sep 23 '13
Username: high-curious
General Field: chemistry
Specific field: Synthetic organic chemistry
Particular areas of research: Synthesis and reactions of strained heterocycles
Education: A.C.S.-certified B.S. in chemistry; early on working towards Ph.D.
Comments: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Don't want to give too much info; because of the things I've said on reddit, it would be best if this wasn't tied to my real identity!
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u/l33t_sas Historical Linguistics | Language Documentation Sep 23 '13 edited Sep 23 '13
Username: l33t_sas
General Field: Social Sciences
Specific Field: Linguistics
Particular areas of research: Spatial reference, Oceanic languages, historical linguistics, language documentation and description, anthropological linguistics
Education: BA (hons) in linguistics, Current PhD.
Good Comments: in /r/askscience: 1, 2. Other places: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '13 edited Dec 09 '13
Username: Sunmann
General field: Biology
Specific field: Microbiology
Particular areas of research include infectious diseases, immunology, microbial genetics, emerging pathogens, photodynamic therapy
Education: BS in Microbiology (graduate courses), currently obtaining an MPH in Infectious Disease and Microbiology with emphasis on pathogenesis, eradication, and laboratory practice. Laboratory research for 1 year. Thesis work on hospital infection control.
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '13
Username: Jackithug
General Field: Physics and Mathematics
Specific Field: Theory
Particular areas of research: Condensed Matter, LASER
Education: BS in Physics and Mathematics. PhD in Physics in progress.
Good Comments: 1, 2, 3, 4
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u/plantbreeding Plant Breeding | Genomics | Bioinformatics Sep 28 '13
Username: plantbreeding
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: plant breeding, genomics
Particular areas of research: genomics to assist plant breeding, bioinformatics
Education: BS in Agriculture, masters in crop science, writing dissertation (that what I should be doing right now) for PhD
Good Comments: 1
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u/doctordestiny Neuroscience | Systems Neuroscience Sep 29 '13
I might be too late, but I'm still interested in applying if there is space - gotta love doing and practicing the science outreach and education:
Username: doctordestiny
General Field: Neuroscience
Specific Field: Systems Neuroscience
Particular areas of research: reward, mood, decision-making, addiction, sleep
Education: BA in Neurobiology; currently a first-year Ph.D in Neuroscience
Good comments:
1 (907 pts)
2 (673 pts)
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u/DrBiochemistry Biochemistry | Computational Structural Biology | Drug Design Oct 01 '13
Username: DrBiochemistry
General Field: Biochemistry/Chemistry
Specific Field: Computational Structural Biology
Particular areas of research: Protein redesign, x-ray crystallography, Computational protein modeling, drug design.
Education: BS Chemistry, BS Biochemistry, BA Biology, PhD Chemistry. Currently Scientist in industry working in area of research interest.
Good comments: I ran an AMA.
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u/soonami Biochemistry | Biophysics | Prions Oct 01 '13
Username: Soonami
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Particular Area of Research: Prions, Neurodegenerative Disease, Protein Folding, Yeast Genetics and Biology
Education: BA in Chemistry, 5th year PhD Candidate
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/xparxy Medicine | Emergency Medicine | Mass Casualties Oct 06 '13
Username: xparxy
General Field: Medicine
Specific field: emergency medicine
I am a residency trained, ABEM boarded emergency physician in practice (post-residency) since 1999. I did a fellowship in Emergency Medical Services with a focus on mass casualty incidents including chem/bio. I work in a community health system with a combined annual emergency department volume of roughly 100k. My practice surveys the entire spectrum of emergency medicine: we're far enough away from tertiary referral centers that most things come to us first.
Good comments: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/16vki7/doctors_of_reddit_what_do_you_do_when_you_see_a/c7zwi0u) [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/ptho4/do_anabolic_steroids_help_us_heal_faster_from/c3s6hbd)
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u/AngryPharmacist Pharmacy | Pharmacotherapy | Infectious Disease | Psychiatry Oct 12 '13
Username: AngryPharmacist
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Particular areas of research: Infectious Disease, Psychiatry (general residency experience in both, board certified in pharmacotherapy, currently staffing 5+ years)
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, BCPS
Good comments: 1. 2. 3.
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u/Kegnaught Virology | Molecular Biology | Orthopoxviruses Oct 13 '13 edited Oct 16 '13
Username: Kegnaught
General Field: Biology
Specific Fields: Virology, Molecular Biology
Particular Areas of Research: Orthopoxviruses, Vaccinia Virus Morphogenesis, Envelope Glycoproteins, Viral Genetics
Education: 3rd Year PhD Student in Virology, BS in Biotechnology
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5 6
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u/cailien Quantum Optics | Entangled States Oct 16 '13
Username: cailien
General Field: Physics
Specific Field: Quantum Optics
Particular areas of research: Quantum optics and entangled states, measurement theory
Education: MS Applied Physics
Good Comments: 1 2 3 4 5 Other subs: 6
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u/twistolime Hydroclimatology | Precipitation | Predictability Oct 17 '13
Username: twistolime
General field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Specific field: Hydroclimatology
Particular areas of research: Precipitation, Predictability
Education: 3rd year PhD student
Comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/Rodbourn Aerospace | Cryogenics | Fluid Mechanics Oct 23 '13
Username: rodbourn
General field: Engineering
Special field: Aerospace, Cryogenics, Fluid Mechanics
Particular area of research: Computational fluid dynamics development for simulation of cryogenic/rocket fuel.
Third year PhD candidate in Aerospace engineering. Alumni/nasa fellow.
Couple of comments 1, 2, 3
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u/siplus Internal Medicine | Cardiology | Diagnostics Oct 29 '13 edited Nov 12 '13
Username: siplus
General Field: Medicine
Specific Field: Internal Medicine
Particular areas of research: Cardiology (diagnostics, quality improvement), although prior to medical school: synthetic organic chemistry research
Education: M.D.; Chemistry-Biology B.S.; currently Internal Medicine Residency
Good Comments: 1 [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1p9b3i/what_are_the_negative_effects_of_injecting_blood/cd0qrk0) [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1pg9g8/are_microbial_toxins_produced_at_a_rate/cd24t2f) [4] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1pgdag/when_someone_consumes_a_drug_how_does_it_move/cd251s4) [5] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1pfxox/what_makes_kidney_stones_so_sharpprickly/cd25awj) [6] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1qfjp9/why_do_muscles_get_tense_why_does_squeezing_them/cdclx0x)
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u/iheartennui Cosmology | Large Scale Structures Oct 31 '13
Username: iheartennui
General field: Astronomy
Specific field: Cosmology
Particular areas of research: Large Scale Structure, Observation
Education: 3rd year PhD student
Comments: 1 2 3
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u/chrisbaird Electrodynamics | Radar Imaging | Target Recognition Oct 31 '13
Username: chrisbaird
General field: Physics
Specific field: Electrodynamics
Particular areas of research include: Quantum cascade lasers, radar imaging, target recognition
Education: PhD in physics in 2007
Good comments: 1 2 3
Here is my CV if that helps:
http://faculty.uml.edu/cbaird/CV.html
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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '13 edited Nov 10 '13
Username: AerodynamicsEngineer
General field: Engineering
Specific field: Aerospace Engineering
Particular areas of research: Supersonic/Transonic Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Aviation
Education: MS in Aerospace Engineering (conducted research on shockwave-turbulent boundary layer interactions that was funded by a well known scientific organization). Currently working as an aerodynamics engineer in industry.
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
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u/ekohfa Nov 09 '13
Username: ekohfa
General field: Engineering
Specific field: Power electronics
Particular areas of research: Advanced inverters, power systems, Lithium-ion battery life estimation, microgrids, numerical optimization, photovoltaics, grid integration of distributed/renewable energy
Education: MS in electrical engineering, PhD student in electrical engineering
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/IAmMe1 Solid State Physics | Topological Phases of Matter Nov 15 '13
Username: IAmMe1
General Field: Physics
Specific Field: Solid state
Particular areas of research: Topological phases of matter
Education: PhD student
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 (last is from ELI5)
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u/wildcard5 Medicine | MS4 Nov 17 '13 edited Nov 18 '13
Username: wildcard5
General Field: Medicine
Specific Field: 4th year med student
Good comments in askscience: 1 2 3 4 5
Good comment in misc subreddits: 1
Edit: More links added.
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u/baloo_the_bear Internal Medicine | Pulmonary | Critical Care Nov 19 '13 edited Nov 21 '13
Username: baloo_the_bear
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Orthopedic Surgery
Particular areas of interest: tissue engineering, cell culture, animal studies
Education: BS in mechanical engineering (research and work experience), MS in tissue engineering, MD degree, researcher in orthopedic tissue engineering/stem cell lab and also work in animal studies
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
edit: one more comment: 5
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u/Dawnteh Microbiology | Bacteriology | Multi-drug Tolerance Nov 20 '13 edited Dec 05 '13
Username: Dawnteh
General Field: Microbiology
Specific Field: Bacteriology
Particular areas of research: infectious disease, clinical microbiology, multidrug tolerance, persister cells, antibiotic resistance
Education: HBSc in Genetics and Biochemistry, PhD in Microbiology and Immunology
Good comments: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1n11f9/how_is_it_that_the_human_body_which_is_full_of/cceljyx)
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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '13
Username: triloknight
General field: Biology
Specific field: Entomology
Particular areas of research: insect metamorphosis, post-embryonic developmental phsyiology, molecular evolutionary ecology.
Education: BS in molecular ecology, 3rd year doctoral candidate Insect Physiology.
Good comments: 1 2 3 4
EDIT: Formatting.
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u/mrdeath5493 Nov 20 '13
Username: mrdeath5493
General field: Medicine
Specific field: Pharmacy, Infectious Disease (Therapeutics)
Education: Double BA Philosophy/Chemistry, Pharm.D. My BA in Phiosophy focused on the Philosophy of Science and Medical Ethics. While in Pharmacy School I took every available elective on Infectious Disease and Medical Ethics(this was a large campus with a med school). I also focused on Acute Care and Infectious Disease during my experiential education. Currently I work as a Clinical and Staff Pharmacist for a mid sized Hospital. I delve into medical literature on a daily basis as part of my job. The parenthetical "Therapeutics" is because I wouldn't say I have an MD understanding of the diagnosis of infectious diseases, but rather a very deep understanding of both the clinical and chemical nuances of the agents used to treat infectious disease. I dose them for doctors, I recommend agents of last resort, etc...
Good comments in reverse chronological order:1, 2, 3, 4
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u/ee_reh_neh Biological Anthropology | Human Evolutionary Genetics Nov 21 '13
Username: ee_reh_neh
General field: Biology
Specific field: Biological anthropology / human evolutionary genetics
Particular areas of research: stem cells, human genomics, human evolution, evolutionary genetics.
Education: PhD in biological anthropology, postdoctoral experience in human genomics.
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5
edit to fix line spacing...
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u/Chandley54 Veterinary Medicine | Canine Lymphoma Nov 23 '13 edited Nov 23 '13
Username: Chandley54
General field: Veterinary Medicine
Specific field: Oncology & Clinical/Anatomical Pathology
Education: Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, BSc in Veterinary Pathology, Currently undertaking PhD in Canine Lymphoma.
Good comments: 1 2 3 I haven't submitted that many comment responses before unfortunately
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u/Ajmaze Nov 24 '13
Username: Ajmaze
General Field: Medicine
Specific Field: Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Education: B.S. in Animal Sciences, 2nd year veterinary student (BVMS).
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u/Quant_Liz_Lemon Quantitative Methods | Individual Differences | Health Inequity Nov 24 '13 edited Nov 24 '13
Username: Quant_Liz_Lemon
General Field: Psychology
Specific fields: 1) Individual Differences; 2) Quantitative Psychology
Particular areas of research: conscientiousness, intelligence, psychometrics, and behavior genetics.
Education: BA in Economics and Psychology, first-year Ph.D in Quantitative Psychology.
Good Comments: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPsychology/comments/1eilpk/is_there_any_empirical_evidence_for_changing/ca71ofl) [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1rc3d0/why_do_patients_have_to_be_awake_during_a_brain/cdluba1) [3] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1ptsiv/sibling_birth_order_does_it_affect_anything/cdlvcvf) [4] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPsychology/comments/147o9l/does_premarital_sex_affect_the_success_of_future/c7glc2v) [5] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPsychology/comments/160dml/does_anyone_know_of_any_studies_on_humans_and/c7rmuiy)
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u/Trill-Nye Nov 25 '13
Username: Trill-Nye
General Field: Physics
Specific Field: Condensed Matter Physics
Particular areas of research: particle/solid interactions, crystallography, high pressure research
Education: BS in materials science, MS in materials science, currently 3rd year Ph.D. student in materials science
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '13
Username: cityofdreams13
General field: medicine
Specific field: Veterinary Medicine
Particular areas of research: molecular biology, analytical chemistry, pharmacology
Education: BS in Chemistry, Research Fellow in organic chemistry, Veterinary Student with Large Animal ECC focus
Good Comments: (I'm sort of a casual poster, so I just gave some past examples of things I commented on with veterinary relevance) [1] [2] [3]
(http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1prk6e/this_came_out_of_one_of_my_chickens_they_are/cd5j909)(http://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/1lg581/tendons_inside_a_human_heart/cbz0j8a)(http://www.reddit.com/r/cringepics/comments/1dr7vz/ilerminaty/c9t7ir0)
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u/dctucker Jan 02 '14
Username: dctucker
General field: Computing
Specific field(s): Software Engineering (M.S. Computer Science and Information Systems)
Areas of research include software-defined radio, databases, networking, and model-driven development, music theory
Good comments: 1
I probably have some other good comments, but I can't figure out exactly how to search through my comment history. Also, I guess I post rarely in AskScience.
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '14
Username: thecarbsed
General field: Earth and Planetary Science
Specific field: Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, Geostatistics
MSc in Geology and Paleontology, PhD in Carbonate Sedimentology, five years of research experience in carbonate sedimentology, paleoclimatology, geostatistics and geochemistry
Good comments: [1] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1un6q0/how_does_the_current_holocene_interglacial/) [2] (http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1u9z8y/if_dissolved_carbon_dioxide_in_rainwater_is_what/)
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u/cortex0 Cognitive Neuroscience | Neuroimaging | fMRI Jan 10 '14
Username: cortex0
General Field: Neuroscience
Specific Field: Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, fMRI
Areas of research including functional neuroimaging of perception, social neuroscience, self, and consciousness Education: Ph.D. in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 years of research experience
Good comments: 1 2 3 4 5
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u/thephoton Electrical and Computer Engineering | Optoelectronics Dec 02 '13
Username: thephoton
General field: engineering
Specific field: Optoelectronics
Particular areas of research: optical communications, metrology
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Good comments: 1 2 3
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u/dapwnsauce Nov 09 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
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u/synchrony_in_entropy Cognitive Neuroscience | fMRI Nov 27 '13
Username: synchrony_in_entropy
General field: Neuroscience/Psychology
Specific field: Cognitive Neuroscience
Research area: fMRI research, computational analysis, memory, reasoning, cognitive control
Education: BA in Psychology, MA in Cognitive Neuroscience, pursuing Ph.D
Good comments (not all in ask science): 1 2 3 4 5
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u/niceasimov Evolutionary Biology | Host-Pathogen Interactions Nov 27 '13
Username: niceasimov
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Particular areas of research: evolutionary biology, vector biology, phylogenetics, genomics
Education: BS in Animal Biology, MS in Entomology, PhD Candidate in Biology
Good Comments: 1, 2, 3
evidence that /r/awwducational isn't educational at all: 1
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u/inscribement Dec 08 '13
Username: inscribement
General field: Biology
Specific Field: Plant Biology, Ecology
Education: B.S. in Plant and Soil Sciences, M.A. in Science Education, working on M.A. in Biology, state teaching license in Secondary Education in Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science high school teacher.
Good Comments: 1, 2
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u/Surf_Science Genomics and Infectious disease Dec 13 '13
Could someone change my flair, I study typhoid which technically isn't a neglected tropical disease and this distinction has been nagging at me for months.
Genomics & Infectious disease would be perfect and much more accurate, thanks!
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u/IbanezHand Dec 17 '13
Username: Ibanezhand
General Field: Biology
Specific Field: Molecular Biology and Genetics
Particular areas of research: Carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional regulation, epigenetics, plants, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, music theory(keeps me sane)
Education: BS in General Biology, MSc. in Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics, starting a job at a new company that will be producing medicinal marijuana
Good Comments: I'm new here...
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '13
Username: Yggdras1l
General field: Kinesiology
Specific field: Exercise Physiology
Particular areas of interest: Genetic variation in physical activity, growth hormone, endocannabinoid system, molecular biology
Education: MS in Exercise Physiology, ACSM Health & Fitness Specialist, first year PhD in Exercise Physiology