Gladys Velez Caicedo, Technical Instructor for physics at MIT

02/11/2020 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

A graduate of Columbia University in New York City, Gladys holds a Bachelor of Science degree in astronomy & physics.  Gladys has conducted high energy particle astrophysics at various labs around the world, such as Nevis Laboratories and as part of the VERITAS collaboration. I talked with Gladys about her experience teaching at MIT, as well as some of the discoveries she think we will witness in the near future in astrophysics. She also recounted how she found her passion in the subject.

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