Prof. Lauren Sergio is a neuroscientist whose work on concussions is changing the way sports like hockey and soccer are handling head injuries.

Dr. Vic Metcalf is a marine biologist and the director of New Zealand’s Participatory Science Program. We talk about sex reversing fish, sentinel species, and the importance of public engagement in science.

University Professor Dawn Bazely, of York University, is a biologist and ecologist whose work on plants in the Arctic has shaped political discourse on climate change. She is a powerful advocate of women in STEM.

Dr. Michelle Larue studies penguins from space. We talked about how she uses satellite imagery to model populations of species in the Antarctic, and about toxic masculinity in academia and on social media.