Episode 45 - Among the Space People with Paola Castaño

The Wow! Signal Podcast

Released: 31 March 2020

Duration: 54 minutes, 8 seconds

Co-hosts Paul Carr and Daniela DePaulis welcome Dr. Paola Castaño to talk about her research among the science teams working on the International Space Station.

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Guest Bio

Paola Castaño is a sociologist of science. She recently completed a Newton International Fellow funded by The British Academy at Cardiff University and is working on a book about the meanings and valuations of scientific research on the International Space Station. On the basis of ethnographic work following the life course of experiments sent to the station, the book examines the fields of particle physics, plant biology and biomedical research. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago, and has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, the Free University of Berlin, and Waseda University in Tokyo.

Links:

The International Space Station goes under the microscope

Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop 2020: Day 1

Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01

Scott Kelly’s genes and NASA’s twin study on him, explained

Keyworkers

Daniela De Paulis on the Unseen Podcast

Daniela De Paulis discusses Cogito in Episode 35.

Cogito in Space

Castaño's article on Cogito

The Wow! Signal podcast on Reddit

Our YouTube Channel

Credits:

Co-hosts: Paul Carr and Daniela De Paulis

Producer: Paul Carr

Music: DJ Spooky, Blue Dot Sessions, Lee Maddeford, and Lloyd Rogers