Summer of '22 Special Series: Evolution, Scientifically and Socially with Dr. Rachel J. Whitaker

Blue Genes and Boots

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots!

In this episode, Josh and Aaron interview Dr. Rachel Whitaker, a microbiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who works primarily on archaea.

Dr. Whitaker has been a faculty member at UIUC since 2006 and has worked as both a researcher and lecturer. She is widely recognized for her teaching excellence and is active outside of research with several outreach programs, namely Project Microbe and the Cena y Ciencias program. She also co-directs the Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woodshole, MA. She frequently advocates for increasing visibility for women in science and was a contributing author to the compilation book titled “Women in Microbiology.”

If you want to know more about the Genetics program at Texas A&M or the research discussed in this episode, please visit the following websites:

Whitaker Lab: https://publish.illinois.edu/whitakerlab/

Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu

Project Microbe: https://publish.illinois.edu/projectmicrobe/

Cena y Ciencias: https://publish.illinois.edu/cenayciencias/

Microbial Diversity: https://www.mbl.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159778979