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58: High-Powered Lasers and Diversity in Science with Meriame Berboucha Pt. 2

15m · How They Did It Podcast · 20 Apr 09:00

Meriame Berboucha is a PhD student in the Plasma Physics Group at Imperial College London, and she is currently based at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. Her research lies in attempts to recreate the conditions found in space by heating materials with high-powered lasers.

This week, Meriame and Alec discuss her very interesting field of work, how she got to where she is today, and the state of diversity in scientific academic research.

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