Moving Light With A Space Pirate

As in art, the creative process in science is a big component.  Often undervalued in the scientific world, you need to have a lot of imagination working in science! My guest, Valentina Ferro, a biophysicist who lives outside of Seattle, Washington, grew up being artistic.  With supportive parents who fostered a feeling in their children that they could grow up to be whatever they wanted, she was fascinated by science but thought she might go more in an artistic direction.  One day while looking at an elite college in Italy which offered both a humanities and a science pathway to graduate, Valentina, seemingly by accident, clicked on the link for a science class and thought "These are really fascinating subjects!" and began her "love affair with light and light-matter interaction". What does a Space Pirate do in her spare time?  Let's find out the other amazing things Valentina does and how her outlet for balance in her life has taken a very cool artistic turn too. Valentina's website:newoldscience.comAmazing drawings on her Instagram:@inkingsciencehttps://www.instagram.com/inkingscience/and the Instagram link to  @sebastianomerlinohttps://www.instagram.com/sebastianomerlino/LEARN - Learn Everyday A Remarkable NotionSee the fun and funny Valentina explain her work on a Dundee, Scotland comedy club stage in this blog post on her website, newoldscience.com: https://newoldscience.com/2017/02/27/the-author-unveiled/For more on space sails, and astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics:https://stephenhawkingfoundation.org/An article on optical tweezers:https://physicsworld.com/a/optical-tweezers-where-physics-meets-biology/Find my science-related art here:http://www.betsyjudge.comAnd various other things here:https://www.instagram.com/basjudge/https://www.instagram.com/artfulscientista/