Ep #13 - Dr. LaShanda Korley On Sustainability Of Plastics, Practices To Embrace Diversity, And Being A Resourceful Mentor The Soft Matter Show podcast

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Ep #13 - Dr. LaShanda Korley on Sustainability of Plastics, Practices to Embrace Diversity, and Being a Resourceful Mentor

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Hello Soft Matter People! Welcome to The Soft Matter Show. Our today's guest is Dr. LaShanda Korley (https://sites.udel.edu/korleygroup/). LaShanda is a distinguished professor of Material Science and Engineering (https://mseg.udel.edu/) and Chemical and Biological Engineering (https://cbe.udel.edu/) at the University of Delaware. In this episode, LaShanda talked about many important topics. For example, LaShanda explained how she developed an interest in teaching and research, the importance of research at the undergraduate level, the power of mentorship, and the latest innovations in sustainable material research.

On another note, improving and welcoming diversity in scientific research is the responsibility of researchers. In this episode, LaShanda introduced me to a simple practice that the Korley group follows for finding the similarities in her diverse group. I endorse this practice strongly to get to know your fellow researchers, and I hope many of us also adapt this diversity slide method. With that, let's hear from Prof. LaShanda Korley!!

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Dr. LaShanda Korley
https://sites.udel.edu/korleygroup/
E-mail: lkorley@udel.edu

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